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1940

THE GREAT MCGINTY

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

Comedy
69

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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...

Director: Preston Sturges
Runtime: 82 minutes
Budget: $0
Box Office: $0
Vote Average: 69

Cast

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Brian Donlevy

Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

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Muriel Angelus

Catharine McGinty

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Akim Tamiroff

The Boss

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Allyn Joslyn

George

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William Demarest

Skeeters - The Politician

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Louis Jean Heydt

Tommy Thompson

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Harry Rosenthal

Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard

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Arthur Hoyt

Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast

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Libby Taylor

Bessy - The Maid

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Thurston Hall

Mr. Maxwell

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Steffi Duna

The Dancing Girl

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Esther Howard

Madame Juliette La Jolla

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Frank Moran

The Boss' Chauffeur

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Jimmy Conlin

The Lookout - At Felgman's

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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)

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Sylvia Andrew

Bit Role (uncredited)

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William Benedict

Farm Boy (uncredited)

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Sammy Blum

Bartender (uncredited)

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Richard Carle

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

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Ed Cassidy

Detective (uncredited)

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Pauline Drake

Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

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William Edmunds

Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)

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Betty Farrington

Bit Role (uncredited)

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Byron Foulger

Governor's Secretary (uncredited)

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Duke Green

Double (uncredited)

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Harry Hayden

Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)

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Lorimer Johnston

Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)

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Charles McAvoy

Guard (uncredited)

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Wanda McKay

Bit Role (uncredited)

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George Melford

Senior Senator (uncredited)

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Charles R. Moore

McGinty's Valet (uncredited)

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Bert Moorhouse

Saloon Extra (uncredited)

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Paul Newlan

Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)

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Enrique Orona

Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)

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Emory Parnell

Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)

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Jean Phillips

New Manicurist (uncredited)

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Victor Potel

Cook (uncredited)

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C.L. Sherwood

Guard at Jail (uncredited)

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Lee Shumway

Mike - Cop (uncredited)

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Walter Soderling

Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)

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Larry Steers

Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)

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Kay Stewart

First Manicurist (uncredited)

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Dorothy Vernon

Voting Registrar (uncredited)

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Bess Wade

Bit Role (uncredited)

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Robert Warwick

Opposition Speaker (uncredited)

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Pat West

Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)

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