Vooruzhyon i ochen opasen (1977)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Vladimir Vajnshtok

Writers:

Pavel Finn (writer)
Bret Harte (novel)

Genre:

Western

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Donatas Banionis	...	Gabriel Conroy
Mircea Veroiu	...	Jack Hamlin
Lyudmila Senchina	...	Julie Pryudom
Leonid Bronevoy	...	Piter Damfi
Lev Durov	...	Seller of secrets
Algimantas Masiulis		(as Algis Masiulis)
Sergei Martinson
Maria Ploae	...	Dolores Damfi
Oleg Zhakov
Vsevolod Abdulov	...	Henri York, a journalist
Talgat Nigmatulin
Dumitru Craciun		(as Dimtrie Craciun)
Ferenc Bencze
Grigori Lyampe
Jan Schánilec

Also Known As:

Вооружён и очень опасен (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Armed and Dangerous: Time and Heroes of Bret Harte (USA)
Armed and Very Dangerous (International: English title) (video title)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Romania

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track

Company:

Gorky Film Studios

Trivia:

The first "Western" film to be filmed in the Soviet Union.

Soundtrack:

Poprobuyte zabytsya...

A unique Western, overall!

I'm sure people have seen enough of those so-called "Spaghetti" Westerns; THIS is what you could call a "Vodka" Western! The settings, costumes, and production design are all convincing. They fortunately have wide-ranging climates in the former Soviet Union, so if you wanna see the dusty, sun-baked Old West, this movie has it. It's a little disconcerting to hear those leathery cowboys speak Russian, but the authenticity makes up for it. ONE word of warning, though: Even though the movie's setting is the U.S. of A., the political ideology presented is pure Bolshevik.