Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

“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 ČechScreenplay
• Dalibor C. VačkářOriginal Music Composer
• Vladimír ČechDirector
• Karel CopScreenplay

• Karel HögerKpt. Tůma
• Josef BekLieutenant Frantisek Líbal
• Oldřich NovýJindrich Kraus, director of the hotel
• Anna PitašováKraus' wife called Isa
• Bohuš ZáhorskýDr. Vopálenský
• Jan Třískalaboratory assistant Mirek Zach
• Miloš Nedbalmagician Bonhardi (Ladislav Valenta)
• Bohumil Šmídathief Josef Sesták
• Oldřich VelenLieutenant Jiri Florian
• Marcela Martínkoválaboratory assistant Zdena Fisárková
• Josef Abrhámwitness Jirka Ruml
• Libuše GeprtováRuml's girl