Beef and the Banana

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| studio = Fribergs Filmbyrå

| distributor =Fribergs Filmbyrå

| released = {{Film date|1951|02|12|df=yes}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = Sweden

| language = Swedish

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Beef and the Banana (Swedish: Biffen och Bananen) is a 1951 Swedish comedy film directed by Rolf Husberg and starring Åke Grönberg, Åke Söderblom and Lillebil Kjellén.Qvist & Von Bagh p.39Segrave & Martin p.273 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in a variety of settings. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall.

It is an adaptation of the long-running comic strip of the same title by Jan-Erik Garland. It was followed by two sequels Blondie, Beef and the Banana (1952) and Klarar Bananen Biffen? (1957), with the two leading actors reprising their roles.

Synopsis

Two men with contrasting personalities work together in a bicycle factory. One is a meat-eater and the other a vegetation.

Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
Segrave, Kerry & Martin, Linda. The Continental Actress: European Film Stars of the Postwar Era--biographies, Criticism, Filmographies, Bibliographies. McFarland, 1990.