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