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    Strictly Business

    84'

    1963-05-27

    7.3

    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.

    DirectingLeonid GaidaiWritingYelena Skidanenko

    Cast

    1

    Shark Dodson (segment "The Roads We Take")

    Vladlen Paulus

    1

    Bob Tidball (segment "The Roads We Take")

    Aleksandr Shvorin

    1

    Mr. Williams (segment "The Roads We Take")

    Viktor Gromov

    1

    Train Driver (segment "The Roads We Take")

    Vladimir Pitsek

    1

    Train Stoker (segment "The Roads We Take")

    Viktor Uralsky

    1

    Guard on Mail Train (segment "The Roads We Take")

    Lev Lobov

    1

    Peabody (segment "The Roads We Take")

    Yuri Chulyukin

    1

    Landlord (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin")

    Rostislav Plyatt

    1

    Thief (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin")

    Yuriy Nikulin

    1

    Sam (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief")

    Georgiy Vitsin

    1

    Bill Driscoll (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief")

    Aleksei Smirnov

    1

    Johnny Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief")

    Sergei Tikhonov

    1

    Ebenezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief")

    Georgi Millyar

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Soviet Union
    • List of languages:
      1. Russian
    • List of companies:
      1. Mosfilm
    • Vote Count: 51
    • Popularity: 0.8134
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Деловые люди

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