Strictly Business
7.5
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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Cast
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Vladlen Paulus
Shark Dodson (segment "The Roads We Take")
Also in
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The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
Aleksandr Shvorin
Bob Tidball (segment "The Roads We Take")
Known for
The Cranes Are Flying
Viktor Gromov
Mr. Williams (segment "The Roads We Take")
Also in
The Foundling
The Disappearance of "Eagle"
Vladimir Pitsek
Train Driver (segment "The Roads We Take")
Known for
Bootleggers
Father of a Soldier
Viktor Uralsky
Train Stoker (segment "The Roads We Take")
Known for
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
Lev Lobov
Guard on Mail Train (segment "The Roads We Take")
Also in
Dersu Uzala
The Sky Calls
Yuri Chulyukin
Peabody (segment "The Roads We Take")
Also in
The Paradise Apples
Comet
Rostislav Plyatt
Landlord (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin")
Known for
Seventeen Moments of Spring
Yuriy Nikulin
Thief (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin")
Known for
The Diamond Arm
Bootleggers
Georgiy Vitsin
Sam (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief")
Known for
Gentlemen of Fortune
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross
Aleksei Smirnov
Bill Driscoll (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief")
Known for
Welcome, or No Trespassing
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle
Sergei Tikhonov
Johnny Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief")
Also in
The Tale of Malchish-Kibalchish
Dubravka
Leonid Gaidai Director · O. Henry Author Georgiy Firtich Composer
First release May 27, 1963 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Деловые люди
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Деловые люди
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · May 27, 1963
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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