
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.

as Митяй Пряжкин

as Виталий Гаврилович Марципанов - «Дипломат» жулик

as дед Афоня - «Самосвал»

as Марья Пряжкина - мать Митяя

as Анисья - жена деда Афони

as Ульяна - жена Митяя

as «Толкач» - снабженец

as секретарь Куманькова в «Спецстрое»

as Буркова - старший следователь областной прокуратуры

as Леонтий Маркелович Федырин - «Бацилла»

as Галя - секретарь следователя Бурковой

as Николай Матвеевич - председатель колхоза

as пекарь