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… Read more
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The Great McGinty
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Movie · Comedy · NR
1940 · 1h 22m · ★ 60% (10K)
It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!
Director: Preston Sturges
Starring: Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff
Overview
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...
Director
Preston Sturges
Production
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff, Allyn Joslyn, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Harry Rosenthal, Arthur Hoyt, Libby Taylor, Thurston Hall, Steffi Duna, Esther Howard, Frank Moran, Jimmy Conlin, Dewey Robinson, Donnie Kerr, Mary Thomas, Drew Roddy, Sheila Sheldon, George Anderson