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Check and Double Check is a 1930 comedy film made and released by RKO Radio Pictures based on the top-rated Amos 'n' Andy radio show. The title was derived from a catchphrase associated with the show. Directed by Melville W. Brown, from a screenplay by Bert Kalmar, J. Walter Ruben, and Harry Ruby, it starred Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden, in blackface, in the roles of Andy and Amos, respectively, which they had created for the radio show. The film also featured Duke Ellington and his "Cotton Club Band".
Original Release
10/03/1930
US Release
10/03/1930
Cast
Name | Character |
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Freeman F. Gosden | Amos / Amos Jones |
Charles J. Correll | Andy / Andrew Hogg Brown |
Sue Carol | Jean Blair |
Irene Rich | Mrs. Blair |
Ralf Harolde | Ralph Crawford |
Charles Morton | Richard Williams |
Edward Martindel | John Blair |
Rita La Roy | Elinor Crawford |
Russ Powell | Kingfish |
Roscoe Ates | Brother Arthur |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Freeman F. Gosden | Amos / Amos Jones |
Charles J. Correll | Andy / Andrew Hogg Brown |
Sue Carol | Jean Blair |
Irene Rich | Mrs. Blair |
Ralf Harolde | Ralph Crawford |
Charles Morton | Richard Williams |
Edward Martindel | John Blair |
Rita La Roy | Elinor Crawford |
Russ Powell | Kingfish |
Roscoe Ates | Brother Arthur |
Duke Ellington Orchestra | The Cotton Club Orchestra |
Barney Bigard | Member, Cotton Club Orchestra |
Wellman Braud | Member, Cotton Club Orchestra |
Harry Carney | Member, Cotton Club Orchestra |
G. Pat Collins | Angry Policeman |
Pat Conway | Policeman |
Sonny Greer | Member, Cotton Club Orchestra |
Fred Guy | Member, Cotton Club Orchestra |
Johnny Hodges | Member, Cotton Club Orchestra |
Robert Homans | Mason |
Producers
Name | Role |
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William LeBaron | Producer |
Bertram Millhauser | Producer |