Once Cowboy, Twice Cowboy

 

Раз ковбой, два ковбой – Russian title

Raz kovboy, dva kovboy – Russian title

Once Cowboy, Twice Cowboy – English title

 

A 1981 Russian animated short film production [Ekran (Moscow)]

Producer: L. Varentsova (Lidiya Varentsova)

Director: Anatoliy Reznikov

Story: Arkadiy Khayt

Screenplay: Arkadiy Khayt

Cinematography: Ernst Gaman [color]

Music: Boris Savelyev

Running time: 10 minutes

 

Cast: 

Andrey Mironov (Andrei Menaker) [voice]

Story: A bandit wearing a black mask, having shot the train, takes a bag of gold coins from the post car and hides on his horse. The bandit takes refuge in the ranch, driving out the farmer and his cow. The farmer and the cow leave for the nearest town. In the saloon, the farmer sees an announcement of a reward of one thousand coins for catching a bandit in a black mask. Then he tells local cowboys where the bandit is hiding. Cowboys go to catch a bandit, but they return back all wounded.