The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty (1940)

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

Comedy

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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  • Release Date: 1940-08-01
  • Runtime: 1h 22min
  • Director: Preston Sturges

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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)

  • Sylvia Andrew

    Bit Role (uncredited)

  • William Benedict

    Farm Boy (uncredited)

  • Sammy Blum

    Bartender (uncredited)

  • Richard Carle

    Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)

  • Ed Cassidy

    Detective (uncredited)

  • Pauline Drake

    Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

  • William Edmunds

    Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)

  • Betty Farrington

    Bit Role (uncredited)

  • Byron Foulger

    Governor's Secretary (uncredited)

  • Duke Green

    Double (uncredited)

  • Harry Hayden

    Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)

  • Lorimer Johnston

    Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)

  • Charles McAvoy

    Guard (uncredited)

  • Wanda McKay

    Bit Role (uncredited)

  • George Melford

    Senior Senator (uncredited)

  • Charles R. Moore

    McGinty's Valet (uncredited)

  • Bert Moorhouse

    Saloon Extra (uncredited)

  • Paul Newlan

    Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)

  • Enrique Orona

    Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)

  • Emory Parnell

    Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)

  • Jean Phillips

    New Manicurist (uncredited)

  • Victor Potel

    Cook (uncredited)

  • C.L. Sherwood

    Guard at Jail (uncredited)

  • Lee Shumway

    Mike - Cop (uncredited)

  • Walter Soderling

    Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)

  • Larry Steers

    Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)

  • Kay Stewart

    First Manicurist (uncredited)

  • Dorothy Vernon

    Voting Registrar (uncredited)

  • Bess Wade

    Bit Role (uncredited)

  • Robert Warwick

    Opposition Speaker (uncredited)

  • Pat West

    Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)

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