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The Great McGinty
1940, Aug 01
1h 22m
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...
Directed by
Preston Sturges
Written by
Preston Sturges
Muriel Angelus
Catharine McGinty
Jean Phillips
New Manicurist (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Voting Registrar (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)
Brian Donlevy
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
William Demarest
Skeeters - The Politician
Allyn Joslyn
George
Esther Howard
Madame Juliette La Jolla
Emory Parnell
Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
Akim Tamiroff
The Boss
William Benedict
Farm Boy (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy
Detective (uncredited)
Kay Stewart
First Manicurist (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)
Thurston Hall
Mr. Maxwell
Louis Jean Heydt
Tommy Thompson
Robert Warwick
Opposition Speaker (uncredited)
Steffi Duna
The Dancing Girl
Arthur Hoyt
Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Victor Potel
Cook (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
The Lookout - At Felgman's
Lee Shumway
Mike - Cop (uncredited)
William Edmunds
Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)
Pat West
Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)
Wanda McKay
Bit Role (uncredited)
Frank Moran
The Boss' Chauffeur
Richard Carle
Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)
Sammy Blum
Bartender (uncredited)
Libby Taylor
Bessy - The Maid
Dewey Robinson
Benny Felgman
Lorimer Johnston
Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)
Sylvia Andrew
Bit Role (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
Guard (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
McGinty's Valet (uncredited)
Harry Rosenthal
Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
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)
Pauline Drake
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
Bit Role (uncredited)
Duke Green
Double (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Saloon Extra (uncredited)
Enrique Orona
Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)
C.L. Sherwood
Guard at Jail (uncredited)
Bess Wade
Bit Role (uncredited)
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