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Beware of the Car!
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Title: Beware of the Car!

Release Date: 22 May 1966

Runtime: 1h 34m

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Director: Mosfilm

Production Companies: Mosfilm

Overview: An insurance agent who moonlights as a carthief steals cars various crooks and never from the common people. He sells the stolen cars and gives the money to charity. His best friend, a cop, is assigned to bring in this modern robin hood.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.6 (121 votes)

Cast

  • Yury Detochkin: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
  • Maxim Podberezovikov: Oleg Efremov
  • Officer: Georgi Zhzhyonov
  • Lyuba: Olga Aroseva
  • Detochkin's Mother: Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya
  • Dima Semitsvetov: Andrey Mironov
  • Sokol-Kruzhkin: Anatoliy Papanov
  • Acting coach: Evgeniy Evstigneev
  • Judge: Lyubov Sokolova
  • Car mechanic: Vyacheslav Nevinnyy
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