Strictly Business
19631h 24m7.3
Comedy
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genre
- Comedy
- Origin
- Soviet Union
About
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.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Leonid Gaidai
- Writing
- Leonid Gaidai
- Status
- Released
- Released
- May 27, 1963
- Studio
- Mosfilm
Cast
Vladlen Paulus
Shark Dodson (segment "The Roads We Take")
Aleksandr Shvorin
Bob Tidball (segment "The Roads We Take")
Viktor Gromov
Mr. Williams (segment "The Roads We Take")
Vladimir Pitsek
Train Driver (segment "The Roads We Take")
Viktor Uralsky
Train Stoker (segment "The Roads We Take")
Lev Lobov
Guard on Mail Train (segment "The Roads We Take")
Yuri Chulyukin
Peabody (segment "The Roads We Take")
Rostislav Plyatt
Landlord (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin")
Yuriy Nikulin
Thief (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin")
Georgiy Vitsin
Sam (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief")
Aleksei Smirnov
Bill Driscoll (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief")
Sergei Tikhonov
Johnny Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief")
Georgi Millyar
Ebenezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief")
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