Armed and Dangerous (russian: Вооружён и очень опасен, Vooruzhyon i ochen opasen) is a 1977 Soviet

western film The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred ...

. Based on the novel ''Gabriel Conroy'' and stories of

Bret Harte Bret Harte (; born Francis Brett Hart; August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a caree ...

Plot

Events taking place at the end of the 19th century in the Wild West in America. The plot — the complex vicissitudes of life of hard workers — a prospector Gabriel Conroy. Having found oil on his land, he knows happiness and disappointment, and danger, and despair.

Cast

Donatas Banionis Donatas Banionis (28 April 1924 – 4 September 2014) was a Soviet and Lithuanian stage and film actor and theatre director. He has more than 80 credited roles in cinema and is best known for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's ''Sola ...

as Gabriel Conroy, a prospector (voiced by

Alexander Demyanenko Aleksandr Sergeyevich Demyanenko (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Демья́ненко; May 30, 1937 – August 22, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was given the honorary distinction of People's Artist of the RSFSR. H ...

). *

Mircea Veroiu Mircea Veroiu (; 29 April 1941 – 26 December 1997) was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He directed 22 films between 1968 and 1997. He was a member of the jury at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography ...

as Jack Gemlin, professional gambler (voiced by

Anatoly Kuznetsov Anatoly Vasilievich Kuznetsov (russian: Анато́лий Васи́льевич Кузнецо́в; August 18, 1929, Kiev, USSR – June 13, 1979, London) was a Russian-language Soviet writer who described his experiences in German-occupied K ...

) *

Lyudmila Senchina Lyudmila Petrovna Senchina (russian: Людми́ла Петро́вна Се́нчина; 13 January 1948 or 13 December 1950, – 25 January 2018) was a Soviet and Russian singer (soprano). In 1979 she was awarded the title of Meritorious Arti ...

as Julie Prudhomme, the singer of cabaret *

Maria Ploae Maria Ploae (born 19 February 1951) is a Romanian actress. She appeared in more than twenty films since 1973. Selected filmography References External links * * 1951 births Living people Romanian film actresses Actresses from Buch ...

as Dolores Damphy (voiced by

Valentina Talyzina Valentina Illarionovna Talyzina (russian: Валентина Илларионовна Талызина; born January 22, 1935) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985). Awarded the Order of Honor (2005 ...

) *

Leonid Bronevoy Leonid Sergeyevich Bronevoy (russian: Леони́д Серге́евич Бронево́й; December 17, 1928 – December 9, 2017) was a Soviet and Russian actor. Though primarily a stage actor in the Lenkom Theatre, Bronevoy also made occasiona ...

as Peter Damphy, entrepreneur *

Lev Durov Lev Konstantinovich Durov ( rus, Лев Константинович Дуров, p=ˈlʲef kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪdʑ ˈdurəf; 23 December 1931 – 20 August 2015) was a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor who appeared in more than 200 ...

as Lucky Charlie * Vsevolod Abdulov as Henry York, a young journalist * Ferenc Bence as Harry, shooter (voiced by Nikolai Grabbe) * Yan Shanilets as Julian Barreto *

Algimantas Masiulis Algimantas Masiulis (July 10, 1931 Surdegis, Anykščiai District Municipality — August 19, 2008, Kaunas, Lithuania) was a Lithuanian film and theatre actor. Biography Masiulis appeared in his first play in the autumn of 1948, in '' Schoolgir ...

as Starbottle (voiced by

Yuri Sarantsev Yuri Dmitriyevich Sarantsev (russian: Ю́рий Дми́триевич Сара́нцев; 7 October 1928 – 24 August 2005) was a Soviet and Russian actor who appeared in numerous films between 1950 and 1999. He is most known for the 1962 s ...

) * Gregory Lampe as seller of secrets *

Sergei Martinson Sergey Alexandrovich Martinson (russian: Серге́й Александрович Мартинсон; – 2 September 1984) was a Russian eccentric comic actor, the master of pantomime, buffoonery and grotesque. He became People's Artist of th ...

as Mr. Trott *

Oleg Zhakov Oleg Petrovich Zhakov (russian: Олег Петрович Жаков; 1 April 1905 in Sarapul, Vyatka Governorate – 4 May 1988 in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He performed in more than sixty films between ...

as Judge Flemming *

Talgat Nigmatulin Talgat Kadyrovich Nigmatulin ( tt-Latn, Təlğət Qadıyr uğlı Niğmətulin, russian: Талга́т Кады́рович Нигмату́лин; 5 March 1949, in Kyzyl-Kiya – 11 February 1985, in Vilnius) was a famous Soviet actor and mart ...

as Joyce

Soundtrack

Vladimir Vysotsky Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky ( rus, links=no, Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ vɨˈsotskʲɪj; 25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980), was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor ...

wrote seven texts for the film, three of which were put by the composer Firtich to music and performed by Lyudmila Senchina.

References

External links

* 1977 films Gorky Film Studio films Films based on short fiction Films directed by Vladimir Vaynshtok Films set in the 19th century Ostern films Soviet action films Czechoslovak drama films 1977 Western (genre) films Czech Western (genre) films Romanian action films {{1970s-USSR-film-stub