Strictly Business (1962 film)

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Strictly Business

Directed by	Leonid Gaidai
Screenplay by	Leonid Gaidai
Based on	Stories by O. Henry
Starring	Vladlen Paulus Rostislav Plyatt Yuri Nikulin Georgy Vitsin Sergei Tikhonov
Cinematography	Konstantin Brovin
Edited by	Alla Abramova
Music by	Georgy Firtich
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	1962 (1962)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Strictly Business (Russian: Деловые люди, romanized: Delovye lyudi, literally "Industrious people") or also known as Businessmen 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".

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

"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)

Rostislav Plyatt as landlord
Yuri Nikulin as thief

"The Ransom of Red Chief" (Вождь краснокожих)

Georgy Vitsin as Sam, adventurer
Aleksei Smirnov as Bill Driscoll
Sergei Tikhonov as Johnny Dorset (voiced by Margarita Korabelnikova, in some scenes speaks in his own voice)
Georgy Millyar as Ebenezer Dorset, Johnny's father (uncredited)
Yevgeny Yevstigneyev as citizen (voice, uncredited)

Sources

Films directed by Leonid Gaidai

A Weary Road (1956)
A Groom from the Other World (1958)
Thrice Resurrected (1960)
"Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross" (1961)
Bootleggers (1961)
Strictly Business (1962)
Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (1965)
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
The Diamond Arm (1968)
The Twelve Chairs (1971)
Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
It Can't Be! (1975)
Incognito from St. Petersburg (1977)
Borrowing Matchsticks (1980)
Sportloto-82 (1982)
Dangerous for Your Life! (1985)
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation (1990)
Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach (1992)

v t e O. Henry
Short stories	"The Duplicity of Hargraves" (1902) "A Retrieved Reformation" (1903) "The Cop and the Anthem" (1904) "Makes the Whole World Kin" (1904) "The Last Leaf" (1905) "The Gift of the Magi" (1905) "The Skylight Room" (1906) "After Twenty Years" (1906) "Conscience in Art" (1907) "The Caballero's Way" (1907) "A Lickpenny Lover" (1908) "One Thousand Dollars" (1908) "The Third Ingredient" (1908) "The Ransom of Red Chief" (1910)
Novels	Cabbages and Kings (1904)
Story collections	The Four Million (1906) Roads of Destiny (1909) Whirligigs (1910) Waifs and Strays (1917)
Related	O. Henry Award William Sidney Porter House O. Henry House and Museum O. Henry Hall A Night in New Arabia (1917 film) O. Henry's Full House (1952 film) Strictly Business (1962 film) The Trust That Went Bust (1983 miniseries) Katha Sagar (1986 miniseries)

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