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