Delovye lyudi (1962)

Director:

Leonid Gayday

Writers:

Leonid Gayday, O. Henry (stories)

Stars:

Rostislav Plyatt, Georgiy Vitsin, Yuriy Nikulin

Cast

Cast overview:
Rostislav Plyatt
Georgiy Vitsin	...	Kidnapper
Yuriy Nikulin	...	Robber
Aleksei Smirnov	...	Kidnapper
Vladlen Paulus	...	(as V. Paulus)
Sergey Tikhonov	...	Boy (as Seryozha Tikhonov)
Aleksandr Shvorin
V. Gromov

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

cowboy

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Western

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

1962 (Soviet Union)

Also Known As:

Business People

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

The segment "The Ransom of Red Chief" was shown in the United States in an English-dubbed version on "The CBS Children's Film Festival" in 1967.

User Reviews

Best screen version of O.Henry

The film has three parts, each of them a screen version of "The Roads We Take", "The Ransom of Red Chief" and (sorry, I forget the exact title) a story of a burglar suffering from rheumatism who stumbles into the owner of the house he attempts to rob, and he happens to be a rheumatic, too. The film has an all-star cast. I've never seen anybody better than Vitsin as Sam and Smirnov as Bill, and the kid is simply holy terror, absolutely unrivalled. Though the film is black-and-white, it doesn't spoil the film any. Side-splitting and a real pleasure to watch the actors play.