Where an Alibi Is Not Everything (1962)

  • NR
  • 02/19/1962 (SU)
  • Crime
  • 1h 31m

Overview

“A bored housewife, a husband who married her for show, and a stupid boy who is full of himself because he is dating a Swiss woman.” The words of Inspector Tůma sound like they’re from a European melodrama, but in fact they come from a Czechoslovak crime story. A pair of detectives, counterfeit medicine, the high-society setting of a Karlovy Vary hotel, and Oldřich Nový as the aging hotel manager Kraus.

Vladimír Čech

Screenplay, Director

Karel Cop

Story, Screenplay

Cast

Karel Höger's headshot

Karel Höger

Kpt. Tůma
Josef Bek's headshot

Josef Bek

Lieutenant Frantisek Líbal
Oldřich Nový's headshot

Oldřich Nový

Jindrich Kraus, director of the hotel
Anna Pitašová's headshot

Anna Pitašová

Kraus' wife called Isa
Bohuš Záhorský's headshot

Bohuš Záhorský

Dr. Vopálenský
Jan Tříska's headshot

Jan Tříska

laboratory assistant Mirek Zach
Miloš Nedbal's headshot

Miloš Nedbal

magician Bonhardi (Ladislav Valenta)
Bohumil Šmída's headshot

Bohumil Šmída

thief Josef Sesták

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