The Cutlass
movie

Dagger will reveal its secret to those who deserve it...
Released November 26, 1954
Overview
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.
Cast

Arkadi Tolbuzin
as
Commissar Polevoy

Bruno Frejndlikh
as
Nikitskiy
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Vladimir Shakhmametiev
as
Misha Polyakov

Boris Arakelov
as
Genka

Nina Krachkovskaya
as
Valya Ivanova
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German Khovanov
as
Sviridov

Natalya Rashevskaya
as
Mariya Gavrilovna Terentyeva

Konstantin Adashevsky
as
Philatelist

Sergei Filippov
as
Filin
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Igor Kasparov
as
Slava
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Valeri Sebekin
as
Vovka Baranov
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Viktor Brits
as
Misha Korovin
Crew

Mikhail Shveitser
as
Director

Anatoli Rybakov
as
Novel

Vladimir Vengerov
as
Director
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Innokenty Gomello
as
Writer
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Boris Arapov
as
Original Music Composer

Aleksei Fedotov
as
Production Design
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Veniamin Levitin
as
Director of Photography

Anatoli Rybakov
as
Writer
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Yevgeniya Makhankova
as
Editor
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Aleksei Rudyakov
as
Production Design
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Vladimir Burykin
as
Camera Operator
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Lev Makhtin
as
Assistant Director