Strictly Business (1962 film)

Strictly Business (alternate name Businessmen, 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".

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

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 (voiced by Oleg Dahl)
• Alexander 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"

• Rostislav Plyatt as landlord
• Yuri Nikulin as thief

"The Ransom of Red Chief"

• 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

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