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MASTER SCORE 73.9 / 100
1963·Comedy / Drama / Western·1h 24m

BUSINESS PEOPLE

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.

Above the Line
Leonid Gaidai·DirectorLeonid Gaidai·ScreenplayYelena Skidanenko·Script EditorKonstantin Brovin·Director of PhotographyGeorgiy Firtich·Original Music ComposerAlla Abramova·Lead Editor
Cast
Vladlen Paulus·«Shark» Dodson (story «The Roads We Take»)Aleksandr Shvorin·Bob Tidball (story «The Roads We Take»)Viktor Gromov·Mr. Williams (story «The Roads We Take»)Vladimir Pitsek·train driver (story «The Roads We Take»)Viktor Uralsky·train stoker (story «The Roads We Take»)Lev Lobov·guard on the mail train (story «The Roads We Take»)Yuri Chulyukin·Peabody - clerk (story «The Roads We Take»)Rostislav Plyatt·landlord (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)Yuriy Nikulin·thief (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)Georgiy Vitsin·Sam - fraud (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)
Full Crew
(19 credits)
Directing· 3
Leonid Gaidai·DirectorA. Vanichkin·Assistant DirectorVarvara Sevastyanova·Assistant Director
Writing· 3
Leonid Gaidai·ScreenplayYelena Skidanenko·Script EditorO. Henry·Short Story
Camera· 2
Konstantin Brovin·Director of PhotographyNikolai Renkov·Visual Effects Camera
Editing· 1
Alla Abramova·Lead Editor
Sound & Music· 4
Georgiy Firtich·Original Music ComposerIgor Mayorov·Sound DirectorEmin Khachaturyan·ConductorYuriy Silantyev·Conductor
Art & Design· 3
Vladimir Kaplunovskiy·Production DesignLidiya Naumova·Costume DesignEvgeniy Korablyov·Set Designer
Production· 2
Viktor Slonimskiy·Executive ProducerVladimir Ageev·Executive Producer
Other Departments· 1
Boris Noskov·VFX Artist
By the Numbers
73.9
OF 100
Master Score
7.5
OF 10
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