On an early Sunday evening, people of the small town are reading lottery results that are hung on a board. Young man Karel Antos is annoyed that his lottery-ticket missed the main prize, a car, by only one number. Karel is going to the pub to drink away his bad luck with his friend Jirka Broz. The old accountant auditor Zelinka drops a wallet. Karel picks it up and before he gives it back he notices the winning lottery-ticket in it. Both young men accompany the old drunk man. Karel steals the ticket and exchanges it with his own. Next day, Zelinka is found dead. Investigators, Captain Tuma and the Lieutenant Líbal, soon discover that this is a murder case covered up as an accident.
as kapitán VB Miloš Tůma
as nadporučík VB František Líbal
as technical officer Karel Antos
as Jirka
as Emperor Josef Neumann, called Kici
as Alfred Batysta, hotel manager
as Sergeant VB Jindriska Hurková
as laboratory assistant VB Lieutenant Kalenda
as saleswoman from the buffet Majka Válková
as Auditor Ferdinand Zelinka
as Eva, Zelinka's daughter
as Jana, Karl's sister, Jirka's girl
as old Mr. Krejza
as father Antos
as Batysta's wife
as ferryman Franta
as Police doctor
as junior sergeant VB Dymák
as cashier at the savings bank Rektorys
as a member of the SNB in the Majka apartment
as Výcepní
as A man at the gatehouse
as Truck driver
as Pikolík
as A man in a savings bank
as A man in a savings bank
as Batysta's wife (voice)
