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1h 24m

Strictly Business (1963)

Overview

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.
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Leonid Gaidai profile
Leonid Gaidai

Director

Leonid Gaidai profile
Leonid Gaidai

Screenplay

Cast

Vladlen Paulus profile
Vladlen Paulus

«Shark» Dodson (story «The Roads We Take»)

Aleksandr Shvorin profile
Aleksandr Shvorin

Bob Tidball (story «The Roads We Take»)

Viktor Gromov profile
Viktor Gromov

Mr. Williams (story «The Roads We Take»)

Vladimir Pitsek profile
Vladimir Pitsek

train driver (story «The Roads We Take»)

Viktor Uralsky profile
Viktor Uralsky

train stoker (story «The Roads We Take»)

Lev Lobov profile
Lev Lobov

guard on the mail train (story «The Roads We Take»)

Yuri Chulyukin profile
Yuri Chulyukin

Peabody - clerk (story «The Roads We Take»)

Rostislav Plyatt profile
Rostislav Plyatt

landlord (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)

Yuriy Nikulin profile
Yuriy Nikulin

thief (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)

Georgiy Vitsin profile
Georgiy Vitsin

Sam - fraud (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)

Aleksei Smirnov profile
Aleksei Smirnov

Bill Driscoll - Sam's partner (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)

Sergei Tikhonov profile
Sergei Tikhonov

Johnny Dorset - «Redskins Chief» (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)

Vladlen Paulus profile
Vladlen Paulus

«Shark» Dodson (story «The Roads We Take»)

Aleksandr Shvorin profile
Aleksandr Shvorin

Bob Tidball (story «The Roads We Take»)

Viktor Gromov profile
Viktor Gromov

Mr. Williams (story «The Roads We Take»)

Vladimir Pitsek profile
Vladimir Pitsek

train driver (story «The Roads We Take»)

Viktor Uralsky profile
Viktor Uralsky

train stoker (story «The Roads We Take»)

Lev Lobov profile
Lev Lobov

guard on the mail train (story «The Roads We Take»)

Yuri Chulyukin profile
Yuri Chulyukin

Peabody - clerk (story «The Roads We Take»)

Rostislav Plyatt profile
Rostislav Plyatt

landlord (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)

Yuriy Nikulin profile
Yuriy Nikulin

thief (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)

Georgiy Vitsin profile
Georgiy Vitsin

Sam - fraud (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)

Aleksei Smirnov profile
Aleksei Smirnov

Bill Driscoll - Sam's partner (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)

Sergei Tikhonov profile
Sergei Tikhonov

Johnny Dorset - «Redskins Chief» (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)

Extra

Release Date

May 27, 1963

Original Language

Russian

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Mosfilm logoExperimental Comedy Film Studio logo

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