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Strictly Business (alternate name Business People, Russian: Деловые люди, translit. Delovye lyudi) 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, Деловые люди in Russian translation), but none of the short stories it includes were adapted for the screen.
Original Release
05/27/1963
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Rostislav Plyatt | хозяин квартиры / Khozyain kvartiry (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin") |
| Georgiy Vitsin | avantyurist Sam (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") / Sem |
| Yuriy Nikulin | grabital / Robber (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin") |
| Aleksei Smirnov | Билл "Старина Хэнк" / Bill Driskoll (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") |
| Vladlen Paulus | Акула Додсон / Akula Dodson (segment "The Roads We Take") |
| Aleksandr Shvorin | Bob Tidball (segment "The Roads We Take") / Bob Tidbol |
| Viktor Gromov | Mr. Williams (segment "The Roads We Take") |
| Sergey Tikhonov | Джонни Дорсет / Boy Johnny Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") |
| Oleg Dal | Akula Dodson (segment "The Roads We Take") / Vladlen Paulus (voice) |
| Margarita Korabelnikova | Johnny Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Rostislav Plyatt | хозяин квартиры / Khozyain kvartiry (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin") |
| Georgiy Vitsin | avantyurist Sam (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") / Sem |
| Yuriy Nikulin | grabital / Robber (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin") |
| Aleksei Smirnov | Билл "Старина Хэнк" / Bill Driskoll (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") |
| Vladlen Paulus | Акула Додсон / Akula Dodson (segment "The Roads We Take") |
| Aleksandr Shvorin | Bob Tidball (segment "The Roads We Take") / Bob Tidbol |
| Viktor Gromov | Mr. Williams (segment "The Roads We Take") |
| Sergey Tikhonov | Джонни Дорсет / Boy Johnny Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") |
| Oleg Dal | Akula Dodson (segment "The Roads We Take") / Vladlen Paulus (voice) |
| Margarita Korabelnikova | Johnny Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") |
| Yuriy Chulyukin | Peabody (segment "The Roads We Take") |
| Georgiy Millyar | Папаша Дорсет / Ebenezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") |
| Vladimir Pitsek | Machinist (segment "The Roads We Take") |
| Viktor Uralskiy | Stoker (segment "The Roads We Take") |
| Tapan Saha | Wagon conductor (segment "The Roads We Take") |
