The main character is a miller, who sometimes acts strangely but is otherwise a goodhearted hardworking honest man. He sometimes keeps the villagers up all night by howling. Finally the villagers decide that the miller has to be committed into a mental hospital, where the hero does not have to spend too much time until he escapes. The miller takes to the woods near his home but there he is constantly harassed by the chief of the police with his posse.
Vesa-Matti Loiri
as Gunnar Huttunen
Eija Ahvo
as Sanelma Käyrämö
Yrjö Järvinen
as Kunnanlääkäri Ervinen
Harri Tirkkonen
as Nimismies Jaatila
Ahti Kuoppala
as Konstaapeli Portimo
Juha Muje
as Posteljooni Piittisjärvi
Olavi Ahonen
as Kauppias Tervola
Aarre Karén
as Kamreeri
Matti Tuominen
as Luutnantti
