Where an Alibi Is Not Everything (1961)

7.5/10 91 min Crime

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.

Cast

Karel Höger

Kpt. Tůma

Josef Bek

Lieutenant Frantisek Líbal

Oldřich Nový

Jindrich Kraus, director of the hotel

Bohuš Záhorský

Dr. Vopálenský

Jan Tříska

laboratory assistant Mirek Zach

Miloš Nedbal

magician Bonhardi (Ladislav Valenta)

Bohumil Šmída

thief Josef Sesták

Oldřich Velen

Lieutenant Jiri Florian

Josef Abrhám

witness Jirka Ruml

Libuše Geprtová

Ruml's girl

Rudolf Deyl

Alena Martinovská

Dancer

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