The Great McGinty (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...
Directed by: Preston Sturges
Top Billed Cast: Jean Phillips, Akim Tamiroff, Sylvia Andrew
Runtime: 82 minutes
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Brian Donlevy
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
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
Libby Taylor
Bessy - The Maid
Thurston Hall
Mr. Maxwell
Steffi Duna
The Dancing Girl
Esther Howard
Madame Juliette La Jolla
Frank Moran
The Boss' Chauffeur
Jimmy Conlin
The Lookout - At Felgman's
Dewey Robinson
Benny Felgman
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Donnie Kerr
Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4
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Mary Thomas
Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6
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Drew Roddy
Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9
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Sheila Sheldon
Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11
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George Anderson
Charlie - Cashier (uncredited)
Sylvia Andrew
Bit Role (uncredited)
William Benedict
Farm Boy (uncredited)
Sammy Blum
Bartender (uncredited)
Richard Carle
Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy
Detective (uncredited)
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Pauline Drake
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
William Edmunds
Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
Bit Role (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
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Duke Green
Double (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)
Lorimer Johnston
Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
Guard (uncredited)
Wanda McKay
Bit Role (uncredited)
George Melford
Senior Senator (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
McGinty's Valet (uncredited)
