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