Strictly Business
Leonid Gaidai1963-05-27
7.276
84 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Vladlen Paulus | Shark Dodson (segment "The Roads We Take") | Unowned |
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Aleksandr Shvorin | Bob Tidball (segment "The Roads We Take") | Unowned |
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Viktor Gromov | Mr. Williams (segment "The Roads We Take") | Unowned |
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Vladimir Pitsek | Train Driver (segment "The Roads We Take") | Unowned |
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Viktor Uralsky | Train Stoker (segment "The Roads We Take") | Unowned |
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Lev Lobov | Guard on Mail Train (segment "The Roads We Take") | Unowned |
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Yuri Chulyukin | Peabody (segment "The Roads We Take") | Unowned |
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Rostislav Plyatt | Landlord (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin") | Unowned |
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Yuriy Nikulin | Thief (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin") | Unowned |
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Georgiy Vitsin | Sam (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief") | Unowned |
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Aleksei Smirnov | Bill Driscoll (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief") | Unowned |
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Sergei Tikhonov | Johnny Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief") | Unowned |
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Georgi Millyar | Ebenezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief") | Unowned |