Stariki-razboyniki

Aug 7 1972 N/A 1h 32m
Comedy, Crime, Drama

An old detective does not want to retire. The only way out is to prove to his boss that he still can catch criminals. The problem is that there were no crimes recently to work on. Together with his retired friend he decides to commit a perfect crime himself and then quickly solve it. Real problems start when a real criminal steals money he has stolen.

Plot

An old detective does not want to retire, especially if the reason for his retire is to free a place for stupid young "promoted-by-the-tops" guy. The only way out is to convince the boss that hero still can effectively investigate complex crimes. Together with his going-to-be-retired engineer friend he decides to commit a perfect crime himself and then quickly solve it. But the first attempt of ideal crime is unexpectedly unnoticed by anyone; and after convincing their female fried, a bank employee, to participate in another "fake crime" scenario, they face a real trouble: money are finally grabbed by actual criminal.

Written by

Emil Braginskiy, Eldar Ryazanov, Yuriy Yakovlev

Directed by

Eldar Ryazanov

Cast

Yuriy Nikulin, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Olga Aroseva

Crew

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Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Languages

Awards

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