A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first Czech attempts on a genre parody.
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Otomar Korbelář
Fred Flok alias Konzul Binder alias Komisar Niklas alias Ing. Benda
Ladislav Pešek
Karel Kryspín alias Charles Crispin
Adina Mandlová
Helena Rohanová
Jaroslav Marvan
Tichý, policejní inspektor
Karel Dostal
Dr. Seidl
Karel Černý
Vladimír Řepa
Karel Hradilák
Rudolf Hrušínský
František Filipovský
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