Double Deal (1939 film)

For the 1950 film, see Double Deal (1950 film).

Double Deal (1939 film)
Directed by	Arthur Dreifuss
Written by	Arthur Hoerl (story) Arthur Hoerl (screenplay) F.E. Miller (additional dialogue)
Produced by	Dixon R. Harwin (producer) George Randol (executive producer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Mack Stengler
Edited by	Carl Pierson
Music by	Ross DiMaggio
Production company	George Randol Productions
Distributed by	Sack Amusement Enterprises Astor Pictures Corporation (US; states rights)
Release date	1939 (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
• Buck Woods
• 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 Peter Tinturin and Harry Tobias)

External links

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