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