
Strictly Business
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.
Top Cast


Vladlen Paulus
Vladlen Paulus
«Shark» Dodson (story «The Roads We Take»)
Vladlen Paulus
«Shark» Dodson (story «The Roads We Take»)


Aleksandr Shvorin
Aleksandr Shvorin
Bob Tidball (story «The Roads We Take»)
Aleksandr Shvorin
Bob Tidball (story «The Roads We Take»)


Viktor Gromov
Viktor Gromov
Mr. Williams (story «The Roads We Take»)
Viktor Gromov
Mr. Williams (story «The Roads We Take»)


Vladimir Pitsek
Vladimir Pitsek
train driver (story «The Roads We Take»)
Vladimir Pitsek
train driver (story «The Roads We Take»)


Viktor Uralsky
Viktor Uralsky
train stoker (story «The Roads We Take»)
Viktor Uralsky
train stoker (story «The Roads We Take»)
Lev Lobov
Lev Lobov
guard on the mail train (story «The Roads We Take»)
Lev Lobov
guard on the mail train (story «The Roads We Take»)


Yuri Chulyukin
Yuri Chulyukin
Peabody - clerk (story «The Roads We Take»)
Yuri Chulyukin
Peabody - clerk (story «The Roads We Take»)


Rostislav Plyatt
Rostislav Plyatt
landlord (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)
Rostislav Plyatt
landlord (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)


Yuriy Nikulin
Yuriy Nikulin
thief (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)
Yuriy Nikulin
thief (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)


Georgiy Vitsin
Georgiy Vitsin
Sam - fraud (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)
Georgiy Vitsin
Sam - fraud (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)
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