The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty

1940
1h 22m
6.9

6.9/10

77 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy

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

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...

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English Russian

Keywords

politics great depression black and white depression era banana republic hobo election fraud

Quick Facts

Release Date August 1, 1940
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0032554

Cast

Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy

Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Muriel Angelus
Muriel Angelus

Catharine McGinty

Akim Tamiroff
Akim Tamiroff

The Boss

Allyn Joslyn
Allyn Joslyn

George

William Demarest
William Demarest

Skeeters - The Politician

Louis Jean Heydt
Louis Jean Heydt

Tommy Thompson

Harry Rosenthal
Harry Rosenthal

Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard

Arthur Hoyt
Arthur Hoyt

Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast

Libby Taylor
Libby Taylor

Bessy - The Maid

Thurston Hall
Thurston Hall

Mr. Maxwell

Steffi Duna
Steffi Duna

The Dancing Girl

Esther Howard
Esther Howard

Madame Juliette La Jolla

Key Crew

Preston Sturges
Writer
Buddy G. DeSylva
Producer
Preston Sturges
Director
William LeBaron
Executive Producer