The Great McGinty

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

Duration: 82 min

Release date: 1940-08-01

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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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as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

as Catharine McGinty

William Demarest

William Demarest

as Skeeters - The Politician

Louis Jean Heydt

Louis Jean Heydt

as Tommy Thompson

Harry Rosenthal

Harry Rosenthal

as Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard

as Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast

as Bessy - The Maid

as The Dancing Girl

as Madame Juliette La Jolla

as The Boss' Chauffeur

as The Lookout - At Felgman's

as Benny Felgman

as Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4

as Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6

as Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9

as Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11

George Anderson

George Anderson

as Charlie - Cashier (uncredited)

as Bit Role (uncredited)

William Benedict

William Benedict

as Farm Boy (uncredited)

as Bartender (uncredited)

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

as Detective (uncredited)

as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

William Edmunds

William Edmunds

as Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)

Betty Farrington

Betty Farrington

as Bit Role (uncredited)

as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)

as Double (uncredited)

as Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)

Lorimer Johnston

Lorimer Johnston

as Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)

as Guard (uncredited)

as Bit Role (uncredited)

as Senior Senator (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore

Charles R. Moore

as McGinty's Valet (uncredited)

as Saloon Extra (uncredited)

as Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)

as Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)

as Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)

as New Manicurist (uncredited)

as Cook (uncredited)

as Guard at Jail (uncredited)

as Mike - Cop (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

Walter Soderling

as Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)

as Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)

as First Manicurist (uncredited)

as Voting Registrar (uncredited)

as Bit Role (uncredited)

as Opposition Speaker (uncredited)

as Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)

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Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges

A. E. Freudeman

A. E. Freudeman

Buddy G. DeSylva

Buddy G. DeSylva

Friedrich Hollaender

Friedrich Hollaender

Original Music Composer

Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges

A. Earl Hedrick

A. Earl Hedrick

William LeBaron

William LeBaron

Executive Producer

William C. Mellor

William C. Mellor

Director of Photography

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