A Killer on the Tracks
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An escort composed of three people transports a huge amount of new one-hundred crown banknotes in a special railway car. At the 196th kilometer, a village girl is waiting at the railway crossing and spots two men removing some packages from the track. The scene is immediately followed by the report of a gun and the unwanted witness is shot dead. Soon afterwards, on the 201st kilometer, the train explodes. Only one of the escorts Lenk (Radoslav Brzobohatý) survives the explosion, taken to hospital with serious injuries. Criminologist Major Kalas (Jirí Sovák) and the very young Second Lieutenant Karlícek (Jaromír Hanzlík) patiently gather facts, leads and testimonies.
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Part of Major Kalaš (kolekce)
5 films
Cast
46 people
Jiří Sovák
major Kalaš
Known for
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
Radoslav Brzobohatý
Lenk
Known for
The Ear
Josef Dobřichovský
Josef Mach
Eduard Fiker
Jaromír Hanzlík
Karlíček
Known for
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Cutting It Short
Luboš Fišer
Ladislav Trojan
Vrána
Also in
A Prague Underworld
Blue Shadows
Jiří Marek
Josef Střecha
Jaroslav Moučka
Loubal
Known for
Marketa Lazarová
The Ear
Ivan Wurm
Josef Mach Director · Jiří Marek Screenplay Eduard Fiker Author
First release August 14, 1970 · Produced in XC · Production Barrandov Studios
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Barrandov Studios
Production
XC
Produced in
Série C-L · Na kolejích číhá vrah
Working titles
Languages
Original title
Na kolejích čeká vrah
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · August 14, 1970
XC · August 14, 1970
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
January 8, 1971
Hungary
July 29, 1971
Poland
July 1, 1971
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