Double Deal (1939 film)

Double Deal (1939 film)
Double Deal (1939 film)
Directed by	Arthur Dreifuss
Written by	Arthur Hoerl (story); Arthur Hoerl (screenplay); F.E. Miller (additional dialogue)
Produced by	(producer); George Randol (executive producer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Mack Stengler
Edited by	Carl Pierson
Music by
Production; company	George Randol Productions
Distributed by	Sack Amusement Enterprises; Astor Pictures Corporation (US; states rights)
Release date	1939;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Double Deal is a 1939 American drama with an all-black cast (a genre at the time called "race films"), written by Arthur Hoerl, produced by George Randol, directed by Arthur Dreifuss and released on the independent states-rights market by Sack Amusement Enterprises and Astor Pictures Corp.

Plot summary[]

Two men, Tommy McCoy and Dude Markey, are in love with Nita, a beautiful nightclub singer/dancer. Markey robs a jewelry store and gives the haul to a local gangster. Later, he steals the jewelry from the gangster's safe and frames McCoy for the robbery in the hope that the gangster will kill him, thereby getting rid of his rival for the lovely Nita.

Cast[]

Monte Hawley as Jim McCoy
Jeni Le Gon as Nita
Edward Thompson as Dude Markey
Florence O'Brien as Sally
Freddie Jackson as Tommy McCoy
Maceo Bruce Sheffield as Murray Howard
Charles Hawkins
Jack Clisby
Tom Southern
Vernon McCalla
Charles Gordon as Lanny
Arthur Ray
F.E. Miller as Nightclub Comedian
Shelton Brooks as Singer in Nightclub Floorshow
Juanita Moore as Nightclub Patron

Soundtrack[]

Shelton Brooks - "Hole in the Wall" (Written by Shelton Brooks)
"Jitterbugs Cuttin' Rugs" (Written by Shelton Brooks)
"Gettin' in Right with You" (Written by and Harry Tobias)

External links[]

Double Deal at IMDb
Double Deal is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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