The Great McGinty
19401h 22m7.0
Comedy
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genre
- Comedy
- Certificate
- NR
- Origin
- United States of America
About
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...
Where to watch
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Details
- Director
- Preston Sturges
- Writing
- Preston Sturges
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Aug 1, 1940
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Cast
Brian Donlevy
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Muriel Angelus
Catharine McGinty
Akim Tamiroff
The Boss
Allyn Joslyn
George
William Demarest
Skeeters - The Politician
Louis Jean Heydt
Tommy Thompson
Harry Rosenthal
Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Arthur Hoyt
Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Libby Taylor
Bessy - The Maid
Thurston Hall
Mr. Maxwell
Steffi Duna
The Dancing Girl
Esther Howard
Madame Juliette La Jolla
Frank Moran
The Boss' Chauffeur
Jimmy Conlin
The Lookout - At Felgman's
Dewey Robinson
Benny Felgman
Donnie Kerr
Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4
Mary Thomas
Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6
Drew Roddy
Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9
Sheila Sheldon
Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11
George Anderson
Charlie - Cashier (uncredited)
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