Product Details

• Actors: Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, Frank Sinatra, Don McGuire, Howard Freeman
• Directors: Irving Cummings
• Writers: Harry Crane, Leo Rosten, Mannie Manheim, Melville Shavelson
• Producers: Irving Cummings Jr., Irwin Allen
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Turner Home Ent
• VHS Release Date: October 6, 1998
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301278453
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,801 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Bank teller Johnny Dalton, too poor to marry his sweetheart 'Mibs' Goodhug, saves a big-time bookie from a beating and receives a munificent reward...which just happens to match a mysterious shortage at the bank! Will Johnny's pal, eccentric waiter Emile, get him out of trouble...or in so deep he'll never get out?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A real gem for Groucho Marx fans., May 19, 1999

By A Customer

I had seen this title listed but could never get hold of it. When I finally did I was very pleasantly surprised. Groucho turns in a great comic performance, and Sinatra and Russell are very good also. A high point: Groucho & Frank sing a duet ("It's Only Dough") while strolling down the avenue. A delightful find!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overlooked Early 50's Comedy, August 23, 1999

By A Customer

An under rated little gem with some very funny scenes: Jane in the shower; Groucho impersonating a millionaire; Frank looking for the bookie's hideout but finding only nice ladies (leading to the classic line "Youre not a man!"), and a nice punch line involving the IRS

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Double Dynamite never quite takes off..., June 13, 2008

By	Ruth Anderson "Book Reviewer" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Double Dynamite (DVD)

Double Dynamite is most definitely not one of Sinatra's better films, but it's a fairly cute (if predictable) romantic comedy nonetheless. Oddly enough Sinatra and leading lady Jane Russell have zero chemistry - but the film really lights up when Sinatra exchanges quips with the fast-talking Groucho Marx. Sadly, Russell just doesn't get to exhibit any of the spitfire personality that makes her performances in films like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Son of Paleface shine. If the film had focused more on Sinatra and Marx's friendship - been a buddy/caper comedy - instead of focusing on the romantic angle I think it would've been much more successful. For some reason the plot reminded me a bit of the Nicholas Cage rom-com It Could Happen to You. Double Dynamite has a sort of been there, done that feel to it, but thanks to Groucho Marx livening things up the film has some cute moments. It's worth pointing out that the Sinatra-Russell duet "Kisses and Tears" is a fun song, well-executed. The DVD is just the film, no chapter breaks, but the picture is crisp and the sound is clear.