Overview
A kolkhoz machine-operator is a local inventor who has tensions with his wife over his hobby. He invents a useful appendage for a grain harvester combine and an article about his invention is printed in a local paper. Kolkhoz chairman then entrusts him with a mission to get equipment from a nearby city for building a bridge, but the machine-operator is duped by crooks.
Cast
- Leonid Kuravlyov as Митяй Пряжкин
- Vladimir Basov as Виталий Гаврилович Марципанов - «Дипломат» жулик
- Boris Novikov as дед Афоня - «Самосвал»
- Valentina Telegina as Марья Пряжкина - мать Митяя
- Zoya Fyodorova as Анисья - жена деда Афони
- Elena Drapeko as Ульяна - жена Митяя
- Roman Filippov as «Толкач» - снабженец
- Nina Grebeshkova as секретарь Куманькова в «Спецстрое»
- Svetlana Kharitonova as Буркова - старший следователь областной прокуратуры
- Savely Kramarov as Леонтий Маркелович Федырин - «Бацилла»