Strictly Business

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Vladlen PaulusShark Dodson (segment "The Roads We Take")

Aleksandr ShvorinBob Tidball (segment "The Roads We Take")

Viktor GromovMr. Williams (segment "The Roads We Take")

Vladimir PitsekTrain Driver (segment "The Roads We Take")

Viktor UralskyTrain Stoker (segment "The Roads We Take")

Lev Lobov

Lev LobovGuard on Mail Train (segment "The Roads We Take")

Yuri ChulyukinPeabody (segment "The Roads We Take")

Rostislav PlyattLandlord (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin")

Yuriy NikulinThief (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin")

Georgiy VitsinSam (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief")

Aleksei SmirnovBill Driscoll (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief")

Sergei TikhonovJohnny Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Redskins Chief")