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Strictly Business (1962 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Strictly Business' (alternate name 'Businessmen', ) is a 1962 Soviet black-and-white comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai, based on three short stories by O. Henry: "The Roads We Take", "Makes the Whole World Kin", and "The Ransom of Red Chief".
The film's title is borrowed from the book of short stories by O. Henry titled 'Strictly Business' (1910, ' ' in Russian translation), but none of the short stories it includes were adapted for the screen.
Cast
; "The Roads We Take"
* Vladlen Paulus as "Shark" Dodson (voiced by Oleg Dahl)
* Aleksandr Shvorin as Bob Tidball
* Viktor Gromov as Mr Williams
* Vladimir Pitsek as machinist (uncredited)
* Viktor Uralsky as fireman (uncredited)
* Lev Lobov as conductor of the coach (uncredited)
* Yuri Chulyukin as Peabody, clerk (uncredited)
; "Makes the Whole World Kin"
* Rostislav Plyatt as landlord
* Yuri Nikulin as thief
; "The Ransom of Red Chief"
* Georgy Vitsin as Sam, adventurer
* Aleksei Smirnov as Bill Driscoll
*Sergei Tikhonov as Johnny Dorset (voiced by Margarita Korabelnikova, in some scenes speaks with his own voice)
* Georgy Millyar as Ebenezer Dorset, Johnny's father (uncredited)
* Yevgeny Yevstigneyev as citizen (voice, uncredited)
Sources
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* [http://veehd.com/video/3075974_Strictly-Business-1962-English-subtitles Strictly Business (1962) (English subtitles)]
* [http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/movie/sov/1730/annot/ ]
Category:1962 comedy films
Category:1962 films
Category:1960s Western (genre) comedy films
Category:Adaptations of works by O. Henry
Category:Films based on multiple works
Category:Films based on short fiction
Category:Films directed by Leonid Gaidai
Category:Films shot in Crimea
Category:Films shot in Moscow
Category:Films shot in Ukraine
Category:Mosfilm films
Category:Ostern films
Category:Russian anthology films
Category:Russian comedy films
Category:Soviet black-and-white films
Category:Soviet comedy films
Category:Soviet anthology films
Category:Russian black-and-white films
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