The Diamond Arm
May 23 1969
•2h 40m
•Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him to retrieve their diamonds.
Cast
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Yuriy Nikulin
Семён Семёнович Горбунков
Nina Grebeshkova
Надежда Ивановна Горбункова
Nonna Mordyukova
управдом
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Анна Сергеевна
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