The Cutlass

The Cutlass

Dagger will reveal its secret to those who deserve it...

1954 · 83 min · ★ 4.4 · Mystery, Family, Adventure

The teenager Misha Polyakov, being with his mother in a Ukrainian village on vacation with his grandmother and about to return home to Petrograd, offers his best friend Genka to go with him. Suddenly, a white gang of Nikitsky bursts into the village and attacks Misha’s house, where Commissioner Polevoy lives. The purpose of Nikitskiy (aka Nikolskiy) is a dagger located at Polevoy. Saving the commissioner, Misha learns from him the history and secret of the weapon, and receives it for storage with a request to solve the secret. Having returned with adventures to Petrograd, Misha Polyakov with friends begins to unravel the riddle of the dagger, in the handle of which is encrypted text.

Directed by Mikhail Shveitser · Written by Innokenty Gomello

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Arkadi Tolbuzin Commissar Polevoy
Bruno Frejndlikh Nikitskiy
Vladimir Shakhmametiev Misha Polyakov
Boris Arakelov Genka
Nina Krachkovskaya Valya Ivanova
German Khovanov Sviridov
Natalya Rashevskaya Mariya Gavrilovna Terentyeva
Konstantin Adashevsky Philatelist
Sergei Filippov Filin
Igor Kasparov Slava
Valeri Sebekin Vovka Baranov
Viktor Brits Misha Korovin

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