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