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