Ryba, the owner of a boat rental shop and ferryman, has lived his entire life in a house by the river, which often becomes fatal for swimmers and suicides. However, because Ryba saves many drowning people, he becomes a very popular figure in the entire region.

Vlasta Burian
as František Ryba

Marie Štrosová-Steinerová
as Anči, Rybova dcera

Vítězslav Vejražka
as Ing. František Pánek

Jaroslav Marvan
as Jaroslav Horánek, starosta

Zdeňka Baldová
as starostova žena

Dagmar Lehovcová
as starostova dcera Pepička

Václav Trégl
as penzista Tichý

Josef Gruss
as

Helena Bušová
as hostinská Boženka

Rudolf Deyl
as profesor