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Film / 1940
The Great McGinty
Directed by
Preston Sturges
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...
The story
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
Brian DonlevyDaniel 'Dan' McGinty
Muriel AngelusCatharine McGinty
Akim TamiroffThe Boss
Allyn JoslynGeorge
William DemarestSkeeters - The Politician
Louis Jean HeydtTommy Thompson
Harry RosenthalLouie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Arthur HoytMayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Libby TaylorBessy - The Maid
Thurston HallMr. Maxwell
Steffi DunaThe Dancing Girl
Esther HowardMadame Juliette La Jolla
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Frank MoranThe Boss' Chauffeur
Jimmy ConlinThe Lookout - At Felgman's
Dewey RobinsonBenny Felgman
Donnie KerrDonnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4
Mary ThomasMary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6
Drew RoddyDonnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9
Sheila SheldonMary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11
George AndersonCharlie - Cashier (uncredited)
Sylvia AndrewBit Role (uncredited)
William BenedictFarm Boy (uncredited)
Sammy BlumBartender (uncredited)
Richard CarleDr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)
Ed CassidyDetective (uncredited)
Pauline DrakeSwitchboard Operator (uncredited)
William EdmundsProfessor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)
Betty FarringtonBit Role (uncredited)
Byron FoulgerGovernor's Secretary (uncredited)
Duke GreenDouble (uncredited)
Harry HaydenPoll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)
Lorimer JohnstonOld Crack-Pot (uncredited)
Charles McAvoyGuard (uncredited)
Wanda McKayBit Role (uncredited)
George MelfordSenior Senator (uncredited)
Charles R. MooreMcGinty's Valet (uncredited)
Bert MoorhouseSaloon Extra (uncredited)
Paul NewlanUgly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)
Enrique OronaLibertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)
Emory ParnellPoliceman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
Jean PhillipsNew Manicurist (uncredited)
Victor PotelCook (uncredited)
C.L. SherwoodGuard at Jail (uncredited)
Lee ShumwayMike - Cop (uncredited)
Walter SoderlingElection Official at Laundry (uncredited)
Larry SteersGuest at Election Celebration (uncredited)
Kay StewartFirst Manicurist (uncredited)
Dorothy VernonVoting Registrar (uncredited)
Bess WadeBit Role (uncredited)
Robert WarwickOpposition Speaker (uncredited)
Pat WestPappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)
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