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