Dobrodruzství kriminalistiky: Modus Operandi (TV)

Dobrodruzství kriminalistiky: Modus Operandi – Czechoslovakian title

A 1989-1993 Czechoslovakian, German television co-production [Krátkým filmem Praha, Göfis (Prague), Schwarzwald Film (Berlin)]

Producer: Jan Milič

Director: Antonín Moskalyk

Story: Jan Šikl

Teleplay: Jan Šikl

Photography: Juraj Šajmovič

Music: Karel Svoboda

Running time: 26 episodes x 50 minutes

Season 1, Episode 4

Dobrodruzství kriminalistiky: Otisk (TV) – 1989 [The Fingerprint]

Story: farmer who was in debt with the banker is accused of the crime, although direct evidence is circumstantial. The brother of the accused, however, believes in his innocence and hires a private detective service. And it's fingerprints, which ultimately convicts the true perpetrators. Innovative methods - fingerprinting - finds its place in American justice.

Cast:

Dergeant Faurot - Petr Kostka

Detective Martens - Miroslav Moravec

Sheriff - Radoslav Brzobohatý          

John Haycock - Josef Somr

Banker Lofter - Dusan Blaskovic

Banker Webster - Sobeslav Sejk

Steve - Pavel Zednícek

Barman McGregor - Martin Semmelrogge

Farmer McGregor - Zdenek Mucha

Trainer Nelson - Jirí Bartoska

Judge - Otakar Brousek

Sheriff’s assistant - Václav Vydra

with: Zdenek Srstka*

Season 2, Episode 3 Modus Operandi

Story: The story takes place in America in the late 19th century where the perpetrators of a robbery at a jewelry store are convicted by their distinctive, individual way of working.  Two robbers do in an American jeweler.

Cast:

Inspector Thomas Byrnes - Miloš Vávra

Hummel - Pavel Rímský

Bano Emerson - Ivan Vyskočil

Gus Spanker - Lubomír Kostelka

Kenneth - Ladislav Lakomý

Mayor - Bohumil Švarc

Detective O’Connell - Ladislav Županič

Jannie - Naďa Konvalinková (Nadezda Konvalinková)

Merreth - Tomáš Jirman

Hotel owner - Jana Andresíková

Mrs. Donald - Marie Marešová

With: Pavel Bejček, Miroslav Hanuš, Jindřich Hrdý, Vítězslav Jirsák, Jiří Suchý, Jana Šedová (Gertruda Skallova)

Season 3, Episode 1

Dobrodruzství kriminalistiky: Pinkertonova detektivní agentura (TV) 1991 [Pinkerton Detective Agency]

Story: Irish immigrant Allan Pinkerton, founder of the famous Pinkerton Detective Agency. Born as the son of an Irish police officer, trained as iceman and left Ireland to live in America. Pinkerton becomes involved in the fraud of horse race. For accurate identification of the horses he has them photographed.

Allan Pinkerton - Hellmut Lange [as Helmut Lange]

Elish Harvey - Ladislav Mrkvicka

Ronnie - Matej Hádek

Lucas - Radoslav Brzobohatý

Sheriff Tucker - Frantisek Svihlík

Cooker - Zdenek Mucha

Morton - Frantisek Michalek

Cohen - Jindrich Khain

Bailiff - Miroslav Táborský

The story takes place in America in the late 19th century where the perpetrators of a robbery at a jewelry store are convicted by their distinctive, individual way of working.  Two robbers do in an American jeweler. The jeweler is psychologically destroyed and Inspector Thomas Byrnes knows he will have a pile of work to find the robbers. Millionaire Milton has stolen the jewelry with acompletely original theory that the inspector shall communicate: "All the burglaries were done by hungry paupers from the Bowery on jewelry workshops and are organized systematically and serve one person." Is Mr. Milton right?  That we learn in the story entitled "Modus operandi", which means the individual way criminals work.  And according to him, Inspector Byrnes was able to uncover the thief and the term is enshrined in the history of criminology.

Modus Operandi was the third episode of ‘Dobrodružství  kriminalistiky’ (Adventure of Criminalistics) season 2. This was the 11th episode of the television series ‘Dobrodružství  kriminalistiky’ (Adventure of Criminalistics). The Czechoslovakian TV series follow the pioneers of criminalistics across four centuries, where viewers were a witness to groundbreaking discoveries that forever changed the world of crime-fighting. From fingerprints to forensic ballistics, from Vidocq to Pinkerton.

YouTube Entire Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-dIFs53Xc8