A government official decides to steal a $25-million payroll and then fake his own death. However, in the process he is forced to kill an innocent bystander. He moves to a small rural village to start a new life with a new name and his new money, but finds that it's harder to escape his past than he thought it would be.

Risto Mäkelä
as Henrik Leino 'Kaarlo Mäenpää'

Rauha Rentola
as Katri Mäenpää

Rose-Marie Precht
as Kirsti Penttilä

Åke Lindman
as Oke Järvinen

Toivo Mäkelä
as Evald Kettunen

Kaarlo Wilska
as Kaarlo Mäenpää

Ismo Kallio
as Kallio

Aarne Laine
as Paavo Hukkinen

Henny Valjus
as Mrs. Miettinen

Liisa Nevalainen
as Sandra Kettunen