Double Dynamite
From rags to riches to really big trouble
Sinatra teams with Groucho Marx and Jane Russell in a 1951 comedy where he plays a cash-poor bank clerk who strikes it rich on a racing tip - and gets framed for embezzling!

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DOUBLE DYNAMITE
Directed by Irving Cummings
Produced by Irving Cummings, Jr.
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Jane Russell, Groucho Marx
Screenplay by Melville Shavelson
Story by Leo Rosten

B&W
80 minutes

Frank Sinatra may be an underpaid bank clerk in this 1951 madcap comedy, but his voice is still worth a million bucks. As $42.50-a-week teller Johnny Dalton, though, he's just not flush enough to do the one thing he really wants - tie the knot with his gal pal, fellow bank employee Mibs (Jane Russell). Sinatra musically bemoans his underfunded state of affairs in a duet with pal Emil (Groucho Marx) on the memorable number "It's Only Money," one of two Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn tunes in DOUBLE DYNAMITE. The other pairs him with Russell on "Kisses And Tears."

Soon enough, Johnny stumbles into big money - and big trouble - when he rescues racetrack bookie "Hot Horse" Harris from a shellacking and receives a betting tip in appreciation. One lucky race later, he's rolling in dough. But there's a catch: the bank is short $75,000, and things get explosive when newly prosperous Johnny is the most likely suspect.

Warner Home Video's DVD release of DOUBLE DYNAMITE features subtitles in English and French.

As underpaid bank clerk Johnny Dalton, poor Frank Sinatra is just not flush enough to do the one thing he really wants - tie the knot with his gal pal, fellow bank employee Mibs (Jane Russell). Soon enough, Johnny stumbles into big money - and big trouble - when he rescues racetrack bookie "Hot Horse" Harris from a shellacking and receives a betting tip in appreciation. One lucky race later, he's rolling in dough. But there's a catch: the bank is short $75,000, and things get explosive when newly prosperous Johnny is the most likely suspect.

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