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