The story of the famous writer Ivan Georgievich Lazutin describes the heroic everyday life of the Soviet police, protecting the work and peace of civilians. A young employee, Sergeant Nikolai Zakharov, is assigned to investigate the attack and robbery committed against Alexei Severtsev, who came from a distant city to enroll in one of the Leningrad universities. Opposing the sergeant is a gang of criminals led by a cynical and cruel leader - the Prince... The film of the same name was shot by director Herbert Rappoport in 1974, starring: Alexey Minin, Oleg Yankovsky, Alexander Alexandrov.