A Friend in Court Is Better... (1959)

Director of Museum of local lore Ivan Bazhanov, being an enthusiast of the business, went treasure hunting, taking with him a few accidentally encountered people. They understand in pursuit of the treasure that sincere friendship is priceless.

Producers	Lenfilm
Original title	Не имей 100 рублей…
Directors	Gennadi Kazansky
Writers	Boris Laskin, Vladimir Polyakov

Cast

Aleksandr Nikitin

as Ivan Andreevich Bazhanov

Pavel Rudakov

as Vasily Vasilievich Gulyaev, the driver

Lyudmila Shagalova

as Koretskaya

Viktor Chekmaryov

as archivist

Sergei Filippov

as hotel administrator

Stepan Krylov

as Mikhail Fedorovich Apukhtin

Evgeni Leonov

as Ivan Sergeyevich Mukhin

Aleksei Smirnov

as driver of the truck

Arkadi Trusov

as Kuzma Yegorovich, the forester

Anatoli Abramov

as policeman (uncredited)