Strictly Business (1962 film)

Strictly Business (Russian: Деловые люди, romanizedDelovye lyudi, literally "Industrious people") is a 1962 Soviet black-and-white comedy-drama film directed by Leonid Gaidai. Its plot consists of two unrelated novellas based on three short stories by O. Henry: "The Roads We Take [ru]", "Makes the Whole World Kin", and "The Ransom of Red Chief".

Strictly Business
Directed byLeonid Gaidai
Screenplay byLeonid Gaidai
Based onStories by O. Henry
StarringVladlen Paulus
Rostislav Plyatt
Yuri Nikulin
Georgy Vitsin
Sergei Tikhonov
CinematographyKonstantin Brovin
Edited byAlla Abramova
Music byGeorgy Firtich
Production
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Release date
  • 1962 (1962)
Running time
79 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

The film's title is borrowed from the book of short stories by O. Henry titled Strictly Business (1910, Деловые люди in Russian translation), but none of the short stories it includes were adapted for the screen.

Cast

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"The Roads We Take" (Дороги, которые мы выбираем)
  • Vladlen Paulus as "Shark" Dodson (voiced by Oleg Dal)
  • 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" (Родственные души)
"The Ransom of Red Chief" (Вождь краснокожих)

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