The Safety Match

5.9 (9 votes)• 1954• 52m•Released

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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.

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Languages: Russian

Director: Konstantin Yudin

Starring Cast: Aleksei Gribov, Andrei Popov, Mikhail Yanshin, Nikolai Gritsenko, Nikolay Kurochkin, Vladimir Kolchin

Cast

Aleksei Gribov

Magistrate Nikolai Yermolayevich Chudikov

Andrei Popov

Detective Emil Dyukovsky

Mikhail Yanshin

Police Capt. Yevgraf Kuzmich

Nikolai Gritsenko

Psekov, estate manager

Nikolay Kurochkin

Yefrem, majordomo

Vladimir Kolchin

Nikolai Tetekhov

Tamara Nosova

Akulina

Kseniya Tarasova

Maria Ivanovna Klyauzova

Marina Kuznetsova

Olga Petrovna Kuzmich

Mikhail Nazvanov

Mark Ivanovich Klyauzov

Vladimir Pokrovskiy

The Doctor

Georgi Georgiu

Police Official

Inna Fyodorova

Afanasi Kochetkov

Aleksandr Lebedev

Yuri Leonidov

Officer

Nikolay Polenkov

Sergei Troitsky

Oleg Pototsky

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