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Double Deal (1939 film)

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Double Deal (1939 film)
Directed byArthur Dreifuss
Written byArthur Hoerl (story)
Arthur Hoerl (screenplay)
F.E. Miller (additional dialogue)
Produced byDixon R. Harwin (producer)
George Randol (executive producer)
StarringSee below
CinematographyMack Stengler
Edited byCarl Pierson
Music byRoss DiMaggio
Production
company
George Randol Productions
Distributed bySack Amusement Enterprises
Astor Pictures Corporation (US; states rights)
Release date
  • 1939 (1939)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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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

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Soundtrack

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