Armed and Dangerous (1977 film)

Armed and Very Dangerous
Armed and Very Dangerous
Directed by	Vladimir Vajnshtok
Written by	Vladimir Vajnshtok; Pavel Finn
Produced by	Arkady Kushlyansky
Starring	Donatas Banionis; Mircea Veroiu; Lyudmila Senchina
Cinematography	Konstantin Ryzhov
Music by	Georgy Firtich
Production; companies	Gorky Film Studio; Barrandov Studios; Filmstudio Bucuresti
Release date	January 9, 1978;
Running time	99 min
Countries	Soviet Union; Czechoslovak Socialist Republic; Socialist Republic of Romania
Language	Russian

Armed and Dangerous (Russian: Вооружён и очень опасен, romanized: Vooruzhyon i ochen opasen) is a 1977 Soviet western film. Based on the novel Gabriel Conroy and stories of Bret Harte.^[2]

Plot

Events taking place at the end of the 19th century in the Wild West in America. The plot — the complex vicissitudes of life of hard workers — a prospector Gabriel Conroy. Having found oil on his land, he knows happiness and disappointment, and danger, and despair.

Cast

Donatas Banionis as Gabriel Conroy, a prospector (voiced by Alexander Demyanenko).^[3]
Mircea Veroiu as Jack Gemlin, professional gambler (voiced by Anatoly Kuznetsov)
Lyudmila Senchina as Julie Prudhomme, the singer of cabaret
Maria Ploae as Dolores Damphy (voiced by Valentina Talyzina)
Leonid Bronevoy as Peter Damphy, entrepreneur
Lev Durov as Lucky Charlie
Vsevolod Abdulov as Henry York, a young journalist
Ferenc Bence as Harry, shooter (voiced by Nikolai Grabbe)
Yan Shanilets as Julian Barreto
Algimantas Masiulis as Starbottle (voiced by Yuri Sarantsev)
Gregory Lampe as seller of secrets
Sergei Martinson as Mr. Trott
Oleg Zhakov as Judge Flemming
Talgat Nigmatulin as Joyce

Soundtrack

Vladimir Vysotsky wrote seven texts for the film, three of which were put by the composer Firtich to music and performed by Lyudmila Senchina.^[2]

References

^ "Vladimir Vysotsky by Female Voice. Людмила Сенчина". www.wysotsky.com. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Mark Tsibulsky. Vooruzhen i ochen' opasen — Владимир ВЫСОЦКИЙ. Каталоги и статьи". Retrieved 11 September 2016.
^ "Поход в Крым: скала Белая, урочище Панагия". Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2016.

External links

Armed and Dangerous at IMDb

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[Vladimir_Vysotsky_by_Female_Voice._Людмила_Сенчина-1] "Vladimir Vysotsky by Female Voice. Людмила Сенчина". www.wysotsky.com. Retrieved 12 September 2017.

[Vysotsky-2] "Mark Tsibulsky. Vooruzhen i ochen' opasen — Владимир ВЫСОЦКИЙ. Каталоги и статьи". Retrieved 11 September 2016.

[3] "Поход в Крым: скала Белая, урочище Панагия". Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2016.

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