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