Double Deal

Dec 16, 1939

1h 0m

★ 5.0

Guns Bark As Rival Gangs Fight For Power!

Overview

Tommy McCoy and "Dude" Markey are both in love with Harlem singer/dancer Nita. Markey robs a jewelry store and turns the loot over to gang-boss Murray Howard. Later, Markey robs the safe, steals the jewelry, and, in order to get rid of his rival for Nita, frames the robbery on McCoy. The latter's big-brother thinks otherwise and, with Nita's help, sets out to prove it.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

George Randol Productions

Double Deal Trailers

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Cast

Jim McCoy

Monte Hawley

Nita

Jeni Le Gon

Dude Markey

Edward Thompson

Sally

Florence O'Brien

Buck Woods

Murray Howard

Maceo Bruce Sheffield

Charles Hawkins

Jack Clisby

Tom Southern

Vernon McCalla

Lanny

Charles Gordon

Arthur Ray

Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s. Harry Belafonte introduces this musical, written by poet and playwright Langston Hughes, which pays tribute to Harlem in the 1920's. Sidney Poitier provides commentary on the era throughout the program, and George Kirby and Nipsey Russell portray various Harlem characters. Program highlights include: Gloria Lynne singing "Good Ol' Wagon"; Brownie McGhee singing "Let the Deal Go Down"; Diahann Carroll singing "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"; Sammy Davis, Jr., singing and tap dancing to "Doin' the New Low Down"; Joe Williams singing "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning"; and Duke Ellington performing "Sophisticated Lady" with a sextet.

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