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Strictly Business

7.4/10

Release: 27/05/1963

Duration: 1h 24m

Strictly Business

Three stories based on O. Henry novels. (1) Bob Tidball recovers $30,000 in pristine credit cards from a bandit’s sack and races across the plains until his horse breaks its leg. Forced to mount Dodson’s stallion, he’s ambushed and killed by “Shark” Dodson, who seizes the entire loot. (2) A thief slips through a third-floor window to steal a stack of bills from a sleeping gentleman’s dressing table. When the homeowner awakens and raises only one hand against the revolver—his other immobilized by a sudden rheumatic attack—the would-be robber reconsiders his plan. (3) Sam and Bill, two small-time grifters short $2,000 for their swindle, decide to kidnap Ebeneger Dorset’s young son. They demand exactly that sum as ransom, setting in motion a desperate bargain.

Country: Soviet Union

Language: Russian

Director:Leonid Gaidai

Writers

| Screenplay:Leonid Gaidai
| Script Editor:Elena Skidanenko
| Story:O. Henry

Production

Mosfilm

Experimental Comedy Film Studio

Cast

Vladlen Paulus

Vladlen Paulus

«Shark» Dodson (s..

Aleksandr Shvorin

Aleksandr Shvor..

Bob Tidball (stor..

Viktor Gromov

Viktor Gromov

Mr. Williams (sto..

Vladimir Pitsek

Vladimir Pitsek

train driver (sto..

Viktor Uralsky

Viktor Uralsky

train stoker (sto..

Lev Lobov

Lev Lobov

guard on the mail..

Yuri Chulyukin

Yuri Chulyukin

Peabody - clerk (..

Rostislav Plyatt

Rostislav Plyat..

landlord (story «..

Yuriy Nikulin

Yuriy Nikulin

thief (story «Mak..

Georgiy Vitsin

Georgiy Vitsin

Sam - fraud (stor..

Aleksei Smirnov

Aleksei Smirnov

Bill Driscoll - S..

Sergei Tikhonov

Sergei Tikhonov

Johnny Dorset - «..

Georgi Millyar

Georgi Millyar

Ebenezer Dorset -..

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