
Cinetrā

Cinetrā

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.
Cast: Vladlen Paulus, Aleksandr Shvorin, Viktor Gromov, Vladimir Pitsek, Viktor Uralsky, Lev Lobov, Yuri Chulyukin, Rostislav Plyatt, Yuriy Nikulin, Georgiy Vitsin, Aleksei Smirnov, Sergei Tikhonov, Georgi Millyar
Writer: Leonid Gaidai (Writer)
Cinematographer: Konstantin Brovin
Production Designer: Vladimir Kaplunovskiy
Editor: Alla Abramova
Composer: Georgiy Firtich
Costume Designer: Lidiya Naumova
Direction team: Aleksandr Vanichkin (First Assistant Director), Varvara Sevastyanova (First Assistant Director)
Producers: Viktor Slonimskiy, Vladimir Ageev
Production: Mosfilm