The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty

82 mins | Comedy | Aug. 1, 1940

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 Great McGinty

82 mins | Comedy | Aug. 1, 1940

The Great McGinty
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...
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Paramount
Original title The Great McGinty
Directors Preston Sturges
Writers Preston Sturges

Cast

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)