Strictly Business (1962 film)

Strictly Business
Directed by	Leonid Gaidai
Screenplay by	Leonid Gaidai
Starring	Vladlen Paulus Rostislav Plyatt Yuri Nikulin Georgy Vitsin Sergey Tikhonov
Cinematography	Konstantin Brovin
Edited by	Alla Abramova
Music by	Georgy Firtich
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	1962
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Strictly Business (alternate name Business People, Russian: Деловые люди, romanized: 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.

Cast

"The Roads We Take"

• Vladlen Paulus as "Shark" Dodson
• Alexander Shvorin as Bob Tidball
• Viktor Gromov as Mr Williams
• Vladimir Pitsek as driver (uncredited)
• Viktor Uralsky as Fireman (uncredited)
• Lev Lobov as conductor of the coach (uncredited)

"Makes the Whole World Kin"

• Rostislav Plyatt as landlord
• Yuri Nikulin as thief

"The Ransom of Red Chief"

• Georgy Vitsin as Sam, adventurer
• Alexei Smirnov as Bill Driscoll
• Sergey Tikhonov as Johnny Dorset
• Georgy Millyar as Ebenezer Dorset, father

Sources

• Delovye lyudi at IMDb
• Delovye lyudi (Business People) at Rotten Tomatoes
• Strictly Business (1962) (English subtitles)
• Деловые люди