A retired prizefighter becomes the unlikely guardian of a young orphan recently arrived in the United States. Director John Waters' 1946 period comedy, set in New York's Bowery, stars Wallace Beery, Dean Stockwell, Aline MacMahon, Edward Arnold, Cameron Mitchell, Dorothy Patrick, Aubrey Mather, Clinton Sundberg, Milton Parsons, Morris Ankrum and Oliver Blake.
Unfortunately the movie The Mighty McGurk is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | John Waters | Director |
| Writing | Harry Clork | Screenplay |
| Writing | Grant Garett | Screenplay |
| Writing | William R. Lipman | Screenplay |
