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The Great McGinty

1940 · 1h 22m · Comedy

It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this brings rapid promotion from "the boss," who finally decides he'd be ideal as a new, nominally "reform" mayor; but this candidacy requires marriage. His in-name-only marriage to honest Catherine proves the beginning of the end for dishonest Dan...

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Cast

• Brian Donlevy as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
• Muriel Angelus as Catharine McGinty
• Akim Tamiroff as The Boss
• Allyn Joslyn as George
• William Demarest as Skeeters - The Politician
• Louis Jean Heydt as Tommy Thompson
• Harry Rosenthal as Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
• Arthur Hoyt as Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
• Libby Taylor as Bessy - The Maid
• Thurston Hall as Mr. Maxwell
• Steffi Duna as The Dancing Girl
• Esther Howard as Madame Juliette La Jolla

Details

Director

Preston Sturges

Released

August 1, 1940

Runtime

1h 22m

Genres

Comedy

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Status

Released

TMDB score

7.0 / 10 from 81 votes