The Safety Match (1954)

5.9/10 52 min Comedy Mystery

Overview

A man of big status disappears in a small provincial town. An old bored investigator and his young hyperactive assistant are on a trail of a bloody murderer.

Cast

Aleksei Gribov

Magistrate Nikolai Yermolayevich Chudikov

Andrei Popov

Detective Emil Dyukovsky

Mikhail Yanshin

Police Capt. Yevgraf Kuzmich

Nikolai Gritsenko

Psekov, estate manager

Vladimir Kolchin

Nikolai Tetekhov (as V. Kolchin)

Tamara Nosova

Akulina

Kseniya Tarasova

Maria Ivanovna Klyauzova

Marina Kuznetsova

Olga Petrovna Kuzmich

Mikhail Nazvanov

Mark Ivanovich Klyauzov

Vladimir Pokrovskiy

The Doctor (as V. Pokovsky)

Georgi Georgiu

Police Official (as G. Gyeorgiu)

Inna Fyodorova

(as I. Fyodorova)

Afanasi Kochetkov

Aleksandr Lebedev

(as A. Lebedev)

Yuri Leonidov

Officer

Sergei Troitsky

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