America’s Wild West of the last third of the 19th century. Thousands of people rushed here in pursuit of enrichment. Among them was Gabriel Conroy, a man absolutely helpless in the world of business. When fountains of oil started gushing on his plot of land, the local moneybags Peter Damphy decided to appropriate the land, and succeeded in it by blackmailing Conroy’s wife and his former mistress Julie... Based upon stories by Francis Bret Harte.
Donatas Banionis
Gabriel Conroy
Lyudmila Senchina
Julie Pryudom
Leonid Bronevoy
Piter Damfi
Lev Durov
Seller of secrets
Mircea Veroiu
Jack Hamlin
Maria Ploae
Dolores Damfi
Vsevolod Abdulov
Henri York, a journalist
Algimantas Masiulis
Sergei Martinson
Oleg Zhakov
Armed and Very Dangerous is a adventure, western film released in 1978 exploring themes of armed robbery. Directed by Vladimir Vaynshtok, it stars Donatas Banionis, Lyudmila Senchina, Leonid Bronevoy. America’s Wild West of the last third of the 19th century. Thousands of people rushed here in pursuit of enrichment. Among them was Gabriel Conroy, a man absolutely helpless in the world of business. When fountains of oil started gushing on his plot of land, the local moneybags Peter Damphy decided to appropriate the land, and succeeded in it by blackmailing Conroy’s wife and his former mistress Julie... Based upon stories by Francis Bret Harte.
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