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