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The Great McGinty
“It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!”
7.0 / 10• 1940• 1h 22m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
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...
Cast & Crew
Brian Donlevy
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Lead
Muriel Angelus
Catharine McGinty
Akim Tamiroff
The Boss
Allyn Joslyn
George
William Demarest
Skeeters - The Politician
Louis Jean Heydt
Tommy Thompson
Harry Rosenthal
Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Arthur Hoyt
Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Preston Sturges's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Great McGinty is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
