Double Dynamite (1951) on Netflix
Approved19511h 20mAdventureComedyMusic
Johnny Dalton, a teller at California Fidelity Trust, wants a raise so he can marry Mildred Goodhue, who works beside him. His friend Emile, a waiter, urges him to take a chance.
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Johnny Dalton works as a teller at California Fidelity Trust, where Mildred Goodhue, whom he wants to marry, works alongside him. His boss, J. L. McKissack, turns down his request for a raise; Mibs says she would marry him anyway, and Emile J. Keck, a waiter at the Italian restaurant the two of them frequent, tells Johnny to take a chance. In an alley Johnny steps in when two men attack a third. The victim, "Hot Horse" Harris, is a bookie, and he offers Johnny $1,000 in thanks, which Johnny accepts only as a loan. Harris stakes the money on a race he knows is fixed, and the winnings, with two further bets, reach $60,000. The bank's auditors, meanwhile, find $75,000 missing from the accounts.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Double Dynamite (1951)
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- Filmed under the working title It's Only Money, the movie was renamed Double Dynamite by Hughes as a reference to star Jane Russell's famous breasts.
- Double Dynamite was Cummings' first directing job since 1944, after illness had kept him away, and it turned out to be the last film he ever directed.
- After filming ended on December 22, RKO closed its studio as it readjusted following Hughes' purchase of the company, and the completed film was held back for several years before its 1951 release.
