Movie Description
The Great McGinty
(1940)Overview
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...
Featured Crew
- Director : Preston Sturges
- Producer : Buddy G. DeSylva
- Writer : Preston Sturges
- Editor : Hugh Bennett
- Cast : Brian Donlevy,Muriel Angelus,Akim Tamiroff,Allyn Joslyn,William Demarest,Louis Jean Heydt,Harry Rosenthal,Arthur Hoyt,Libby Taylor,Thurston Hall,Steffi Duna,Esther Howard,Frank Moran,Jimmy Conlin,Dewey Robinson,Donnie Kerr,Mary Thomas,Drew Roddy,Sheila Sheldon,George Anderson,Sylvia Andrew,William Benedict,Sammy Blum,Richard Carle,Ed Cassidy,Pauline Drake,William Edmunds,Betty Farrington,Byron Foulger,Duke Green,Harry Hayden,Lorimer Johnston,Charles McAvoy,Wanda McKay,George Melford,Charles R. Moore,Bert Moorhouse,Paul Newlan,Enrique Orona,Emory Parnell,Jean Phillips,Victor Potel,C.L. Sherwood,Lee Shumway,Walter Soderling,Larry Steers,Kay Stewart,Dorothy Vernon,Bess Wade,Robert Warwick,Pat West
Cast
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Catharine McGinty
The Boss
George
Skeeters - The Politician
Tommy Thompson
Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Bessy - The Maid
Mr. Maxwell
The Dancing Girl
Madame Juliette La Jolla
The Boss' Chauffeur
The Lookout - At Felgman's
Benny Felgman
Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4
Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6
Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9
Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11
Charlie - Cashier (uncredited)
Bit Role (uncredited)
Farm Boy (uncredited)
Bartender (uncredited)
Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)
Detective (uncredited)
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)
Bit Role (uncredited)
Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Double (uncredited)
Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)
Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)
Guard (uncredited)
Bit Role (uncredited)
Senior Senator (uncredited)
McGinty's Valet (uncredited)
Saloon Extra (uncredited)
Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)
Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)
Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
New Manicurist (uncredited)
Cook (uncredited)
Guard at Jail (uncredited)
Mike - Cop (uncredited)
Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)
Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)
First Manicurist (uncredited)
Voting Registrar (uncredited)
Bit Role (uncredited)
Opposition Speaker (uncredited)
Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Great McGinty
Status Released
Release Information
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1940-08-01
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 22m
Production CompaniesParamount Pictures
Genres
- Comedy
