---
title: 'Double or Nothing (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Benjamin Glazer'
released: '1937-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/double-or-nothing-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028806/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Double or Nothing (1937)

1937 · 90 min · Music · United States


## Synopsis

Double or Nothing is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Theodore Reed and starring Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, Mary Carlisle and William Frawley. Based on a story by M. Coates Webster, the film is about a dying millionaire who instructs his lawyer to drop twenty-five purses on the streets of New York City, which are found and returned by four honest people. According to the will, each of them is given five thousand dollars, which they must double within thirty days to claim one million dollars. Greedy relatives, who were cut from the will, try to thwart each one's plans. The film features the popular song "The Moon Got in My Eyes".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Benjamin Glazer](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-glazer), [Charles Lederer](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lederer), [Theodore Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-reed)
- **Producer:** [Benjamin Glazer](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-glazer)
- **Screenplay:** [Charles Lederer](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lederer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Struss](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-struss)

## Cast

- [Bing Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/bing-crosby)
- [Florence Wix](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-wix)
- [William "Bill" Henry](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-bill-henry)
- [Fay Holden](https://cinepixo.com/people/fay-holden)
- [John Gallaudet](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gallaudet)
- [Jack Pennick](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-pennick)
- [George Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-burton)
- [Charles Irwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-irwin)
- [Samuel S. Hinds](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-s-hinds)
- [Andy Devine](https://cinepixo.com/people/andy-devine)
- [Mary Carlisle](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-carlisle)
- [Stanley Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-andrews)
- [Dennis O'Keefe](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-o-keefe)
- [Walter Kingsford](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-kingsford)
- [Martha Raye](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-raye)

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