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