Taxi driver Koukal (Miroslav Machácek) is stopped by the police for a routine traffic check. In the boot of his car the police find the body of a naked man. Koukal is arrested even though he claims he knows nothing about it. The case is assigned to Major Mlynár (Milan Sandhaus). The police identify the corpse as that of an Austrian citizen called Mitrik. Koukal has been regularly driving people interested in gambling to a secret gaming den. The police are put onto the gambling den by another taxi driver, who admits that he drove Mitrik there. Mlynár and officer cadet Pecka (Ivan Vyskocil) feign interest in gambling and visit the gaming den incognito.
Acting
Milan Sandhaus plays straight man to utter chaos.
Production
Gritty 70s Prague locations feel authentically seedy.
Director
Karel Kovář
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of few Czech crime films to show gambling dens, technically illegal to depict under socialist realism guidelines. Director Karel Kovář reportedly fought censors for months.
The 2.3 TMDB rating mostly comes from confused viewers expecting a comedy—the Czech title 'Hunt the Duck' sounds like slapstick but refers to a gambling term.
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