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