Gentlemen of Fortune () is a 1971 Soviet crime comedy film, filmed at Mosfilm and directed by Aleksandr Sery. The stars of the film include famous Soviet actors such as Yevgeny Leonov, Georgy Vitsin, Savely Kramarov and Radner Muratov. The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1972, drawing 65.02 million box office admissions. Plot During the autumn of 1970, in one of the Central Asian Soviet Republics three criminals steal Alexander the Great's golden helmet from the excavation site of an archaeological expedition. These criminals are quickly identified by police: they are Aleksandr Belyi (Yevgeny Leonov), aka Docent (literally associate professor), a ruthless big-shot criminal, and his two henchmen Fyodor Yermakov aka Crosseyes (Savely Kramarov) and Gavrila Sheremetyev aka Sad Sack (Georgy Vitsin). In Moscow, the head of the expedition, Professor Maltsev, encounters a man who looks exactly like Docent, and follows his lead. The man turns out to be Yevgeny Troshkin, an amiable principal of Kindergarten No. 83, and a WWII veteran (also played by Yevgeny Leonov). The misunderstanding is cleared up, but pretty soon, the police contact Troshkin once again: they have already caught all three thieves, but the criminals had no helmet on hands. The police persuade Troshkin to use his resemblance to Docent to find the stolen helmet. He is disguised with a toupee and fake tattoos, and sent to a Central Asian prison where Docent's accomplices are serving sentences, while their boss is imprisoned in Moscow Oblast. In order to be convincing, Troshkin, a well-educated and good-natured man, has to learn slang and manners of criminals. Troshkin passes off as Docent and feeds Crosseyes and Sad Sack his fake alibi, under which, he hit his head and partially lost his memory, forgetting where his helmet was hidden. It turns out that both criminals know little about Docent's connections and plans and, not being from Moscow themselves, they cannot name the place where Docent has been and where they last saw the helmet. The police decide to arrange a mock escape for the trio; Troshkin will then have to bring them back to Moscow to continue the search for the helmet. The trio are supposed to get into an empty cement truck, which would transport them to a place where Troshkin's given enough money for the operation. By accident, they get into a wrong truck, and end up far away from the meeting point,