- Release Date: 1937
- Runtime: 90 min
- Genre: Comedy, Musical
- Starring: Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, Mary Carlisle ... see all
- Director: Theodore Reed
- Plot: A dying millionaire instructs his laywer to drop four purses on the streets of New York City. Four honest people find them and return them to the lawyer. Under the... Read more
User Reviews
Variety is the spice of life
Jan 21, 2007
misspaddylee - imdb.com
Jan 21, 2007misspaddylee - imdb.com
"Double or Nothing" is a pleasant Depression-era story of black-hearted millionaires and honest poor folk. A rich man's Last Will and Testament offers our heroes the chance to claim his entire fortune. Naturally this not sit well with the greedy... Full review
Crosby's most frequent costar during this period was brassy Martha Raye
Jul 25, 2005
ironside - imdb.com
Jul 25, 2005ironside - imdb.com
A better-than-average singer and a comedienne with a gift for playing knockabout face, Martha Raye supported Crosby in "Rhythm on the Range," making her film debut as a rough-and-ready society girl who sets her cap for rodeo star Bob Burns
... Full review
Four Chances at a million dollars
Dec 18, 2004
bkoganbing - imdb.com
Dec 18, 2004bkoganbing - imdb.com
Twenty Five wallets with a hundred dollar bill and the business card of a lawyer's office are dropped around a city. Only four people find those wallets and go to the attorney's office to return them.They don't know it, but... Full review
A Million to One
Aug 29, 2003
lugonian - imdb.com
Aug 29, 2003lugonian - imdb.com
DOUBLE OR NOTHING (Paramount, 1937), directed by Theodore Reed, is an enjoyable, but not particularly original, musical-comedy with a typical story about how found money can change or ruin a person's life. Similar in ways to Paramount's earlier IF I... Full review
pleasing musical-variety
May 08, 2003
pat bonner - imdb.com
May 08, 2003pat bonner - imdb.com
in 1937, paramount films, along with other studios, was in deep trouble in the recession. bing crosby was paramount's main source of easy money. the public then was willing to see anything with bing in it, or for that matter,... Full review
Bing swings, Raye sways, Andy's not divine
Mar 04, 2003
F Gwynplaine MacIntyre - imdb.com
Mar 04, 2003F Gwynplaine MacIntyre - imdb.com
'Double or Nothing' is one of the long series of pleasant musical-comedy vehicles for Bing Crosby which were ground out so efficiently by Paramount in the late 1930s. This is one of Bing's best films from this period (not yet... Full review
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