Strictly Business
movie
Released May 27, 1963
Genres:
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.
Cast
Vladlen Paulus
as
«Shark» Dodson (story «The Roads We Take»)
Aleksandr Shvorin
as
Bob Tidball (story «The Roads We Take»)
Viktor Gromov
as
Mr. Williams (story «The Roads We Take»)
Vladimir Pitsek
as
train driver (story «The Roads We Take»)
Viktor Uralsky
as
train stoker (story «The Roads We Take»)
Lev Lobov
as
guard on the mail train (story «The Roads We Take»)
Yuri Chulyukin
as
Peabody - clerk (story «The Roads We Take»)
Rostislav Plyatt
as
landlord (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)
Yuriy Nikulin
as
thief (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)
Georgiy Vitsin
as
Sam - fraud (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)
Aleksei Smirnov
as
Bill Driscoll - Sam's partner (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)
Sergei Tikhonov
as
Johnny Dorset - «Redskins Chief» (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)
Crew
Leonid Gaidai
as
Director
Leonid Gaidai
as
Screenplay
Georgiy Firtich
as
Original Music Composer
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Alla Abramova
as
Lead Editor
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Vladimir Kaplunovskiy
as
Production Design
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Lidiya Naumova
as
Costume Design
Vladimir Ageev
as
Production Manager
Viktor Slonimskiy
as
Production Manager
Varvara Sevastyanova
as
Co-Director
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A. Vanichkin
as
Co-Director
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Evgeniy Korablyov
as
Assistant Production Design
Igor Mayorov
as
Sound Director