A Friend in Court Is Better...

Aleksandr Nikitin

Ivan Andreevich Bazhanov

Павел Рудаков

Vasily Vasilievich Gulyaev, the driver

Людмила Шагалова

Koretskaya

Виктор Чекмарёв

archivist

Сергей Филиппов

hotel administrator

Степан Крылов

Mikhail Fedorovich Apukhtin

Евгений Леонов

Ivan Sergeyevich Mukhin

Алексей Смирнов

driver of the truck

Аркадий Трусов

Kuzma Yegorovich, the forester

Анатолий Абрамов

policeman (uncredited)

Василий Максимов

Piano Player