The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty (1940)

It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 1940-08-01
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 63 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 22min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Preston Sturges
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Summary

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...

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  • Brian Donlevy

    as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

  • Muriel Angelus

    as Catharine McGinty

  • Akim Tamiroff

    as The Boss

  • Allyn Joslyn

    as George

  • William Demarest

    as Skeeters - The Politician

  • Louis Jean Heydt

    as Tommy Thompson

  • Harry Rosenthal

    as Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard

  • Arthur Hoyt

    as Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast

  • Libby Taylor

    as Bessy - The Maid

  • Thurston Hall

    as Mr. Maxwell

  • Steffi Duna

    as The Dancing Girl

  • Esther Howard

    as Madame Juliette La Jolla

  • Frank Moran

    as The Boss' Chauffeur

  • Jimmy Conlin

    as The Lookout - At Felgman's

  • Dewey Robinson

    as Benny Felgman

  • Donnie Kerr

    as Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4

  • Mary Thomas

    as Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6

  • Drew Roddy

    as Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9

  • Sheila Sheldon

    as Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11

  • George Anderson

    as Charlie - Cashier (uncredited)

  • Sylvia Andrew

    as Bit Role (uncredited)

  • William Benedict

    as Farm Boy (uncredited)

  • Sammy Blum

    as Bartender (uncredited)

  • Richard Carle

    as Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)

  • Ed Cassidy

    as Detective (uncredited)

  • Pauline Drake

    as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

  • William Edmunds

    as Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)

  • Betty Farrington

    as Bit Role (uncredited)

  • Byron Foulger

    as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)

  • Duke Green

    as Double (uncredited)

  • Harry Hayden

    as Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)

  • Lorimer Johnston

    as Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)

  • Charles McAvoy

    as Guard (uncredited)

  • Wanda McKay

    as Bit Role (uncredited)

  • George Melford

    as Senior Senator (uncredited)

  • Charles R. Moore

    as McGinty's Valet (uncredited)

  • Bert Moorhouse

    as Saloon Extra (uncredited)

  • Paul Newlan

    as Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)

  • Enrique Orona

    as Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)

  • Emory Parnell

    as Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)

  • Jean Phillips

    as New Manicurist (uncredited)

  • Victor Potel

    as Cook (uncredited)

  • C.L. Sherwood

    as Guard at Jail (uncredited)

  • Lee Shumway

    as Mike - Cop (uncredited)

  • Walter Soderling

    as Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)

  • Larry Steers

    as Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)

  • Kay Stewart

    as First Manicurist (uncredited)

  • Dorothy Vernon

    as Voting Registrar (uncredited)

  • Bess Wade

    as Bit Role (uncredited)

  • Robert Warwick

    as Opposition Speaker (uncredited)

  • Pat West

    as Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)
Directing Preston Sturges Director
Sound Friedrich Hollaender Original Music Composer
Production William LeBaron Executive Producer
Art A. E. Freudeman Set Decoration
Production Buddy G. DeSylva Producer
Art A. Earl Hedrick Art Direction
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Edith Head Costume Design
Writing Preston Sturges Writer
Editing Hugh Bennett Editor
Camera William C. Mellor Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Frank Thayer Makeup Artist

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