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Strictly Business(1963)
Status: Released
Date: 1963-05-27
74%
41 Votes
Time: 1h 24m
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.
Languages: Russian.
Countries:
Soviet Union
ProductionCompanies: 
Experimental Comedy Film Studio
Movie: Strictly Business
Top 10 Billed Cast
Владлен Паулус
«Shark» Dodson (story «The Roads We Take»)
Александр Шворин
Bob Tidball (story «The Roads We Take»)
Виктор Громов
Mr. Williams (story «The Roads We Take»)
Владимир Пицек
train driver (story «The Roads We Take»)
Виктор Уральский
train stoker (story «The Roads We Take»)
Лев Лобов
guard on the mail train (story «The Roads We Take»)
Юрий Чулюкин
Peabody - clerk (story «The Roads We Take»)
Ростислав Плятт
landlord (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)
Юрий Никулин
thief (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)
Георгий Вицин
Sam - fraud (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)
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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.
Release Date
1963-05-27
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7.4
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