
In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. As more people learn about it, they head to Leningrad to find the lion where it is rumoured to be buried.


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.

Aleksandr Nikitin
Ivan Andreevich Bazhanov

Pavel Rudakov
Vasily Vasilievich Gulyaev, the driver

Lyudmila Shagalova
Koretskaya

Viktor Chekmaryov
archivist

Sergei Filippov
hotel administrator

Stepan Krylov
Mikhail Fedorovich Apukhtin

Evgeni Leonov
Ivan Sergeyevich Mukhin

Aleksei Smirnov
driver of the truck

Arkadi Trusov
Kuzma Yegorovich, the forester

Anatoli Abramov
policeman (uncredited)
A Friend in Court Is Better... is a adventure, comedy film released in 1959. Directed by Gennadi Kazansky, it stars Aleksandr Nikitin, Pavel Rudakov, Lyudmila Shagalova. 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.
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