Strictly Business

Strictly Business

1963
1h 24m
7.3

7.3/10

46 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy
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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Production Information

Production Companies
Mosfilm Experimental Comedy Film Studio
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Russian

Keywords

wild west 19th century short film

Quick Facts

Original Title Деловые люди
Release Date May 27, 1963
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0056982

Cast

Vladlen Paulus
Vladlen Paulus

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

Aleksandr Shvorin
Aleksandr Shvorin

Bob Tidball (story «The Roads We Take»)

Viktor Gromov
Viktor Gromov

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

Vladimir Pitsek
Vladimir Pitsek

train driver (story «The Roads We Take»)

Viktor Uralsky
Viktor Uralsky

train stoker (story «The Roads We Take»)

Lev Lobov
Lev Lobov

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

Yuri Chulyukin
Yuri Chulyukin

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

Rostislav Plyatt
Rostislav Plyatt

landlord (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)

Yuriy Nikulin
Yuriy Nikulin

thief (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)

Georgiy Vitsin
Georgiy Vitsin

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

Aleksei Smirnov
Aleksei Smirnov

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

Sergei Tikhonov
Sergei Tikhonov

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

Key Crew

Leonid Gaidai
Director
Leonid Gaidai
Screenplay