Striped Trip

Striped Trip
Directed by	Vladimir Fetin
Written by	Viktor Viktorovich Konetskiy (06.06.1929 - 30.03.2002) Aleksei Kapler
Starring	Alexey Gribov Ivan Dmitriyev Margarita Nazarova Yevgeny Leonov Vladimir Belokurov
Cinematography	[[Dmitriy Meshiev [25.12.1925-16.04.1983] (cinematographer)|Dmitry Meskhiev]]
Music by	Veniamin Basner
Distributed by	Lenfilm
Release date	8 September 1961 (1961-09-08)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	USSR
Language	Russian

Striped Trip (Russian: Полосатый рейс, romanized: Polosatyi reys) is a 1961 Soviet adventure comedy film directed by Vladimir Fetin, with the acclaimed tiger tamer Margarita Nazarova in the main role. The movie was seen by 45.8 mil. viewers on the year of release, becoming the Soviet box office leader.^[1]

To escape from a hot tropical place Shuleykin (Yevgeny Leonov) accepts a position on a ship looking after a cargo of twelve cages with tigers. Chief mate ("starpom" in Russian), played by Ivan Dmitriyev) has continuous arguments with Marianna (Margarita Nazarova) about the little tricks she plays on the crew. One day a stowaway monkey opens the cages and the limited capabilities of Shuleykin get exposed. In this situation Marianna unexpectedly turns into a skilled animal trainer.