Strictly Business

Strictly Business

7.4

May 27 1963

1h 24m

Comedy

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.

Vladlen Paulus

Vladlen Paulus

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

Aleksandr Shvorin

Aleksandr Shvorin

Bob Tidball (story «The Roads We Take»)

Viktor Gromov

Viktor Gromov

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

Vladimir Pitsek

Vladimir Pitsek

train driver (story «The Roads We Take»)