The Great McGinty (movie)

The Great McGinty (movie)

  • User score: 7
  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Preston Sturges
  • Production companies: Paramount Pictures
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release date: 8/1/1940
  • Run time: 82 min.

Movie description

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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Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Role(s): Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

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Muriel Angelus

Muriel Angelus

Role(s): Catharine McGinty

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Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff

Role(s): The Boss

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Allyn Joslyn

Allyn Joslyn

Role(s): George

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William Demarest

William Demarest

Role(s): Skeeters - The Politician

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