Double Deal

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

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 the Internet Movie Database
• Double Deal is available for free download at the Internet Archive