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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.

1963 |1h 24m |  Comedy

Cast

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Vladlen Paulus

«Shark» Dodson (story «The Roads We Take»)

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Aleksandr Shvorin

Bob Tidball (story «The Roads We Take»)

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Vladimir Pitsek

train driver (story «The Roads We Take»)

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Viktor Uralsky

train stoker (story «The Roads We Take»)

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Lev Lobov

guard on the mail train (story «The Roads We Take»)

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Rostislav Plyatt

landlord (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)

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Yuriy Nikulin

thief (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)

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Georgiy Vitsin

Sam - fraud (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)

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Aleksei Smirnov

Bill Driscoll - Sam's partner (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)

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Sergei Tikhonov

Johnny Dorset - «Redskins Chief» (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)

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Georgi Millyar

Ebenezer Dorset - Joni's daddy (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)

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Status

Released

Language

Russian

Budget

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