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The Great McGinty

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

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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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DirectorPreston Sturges

Keywords

politicsgreat depressionblack and whitedepression erabanana republichoboelection fraud

Cast

Brian Donlevy as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Brian Donlevy

Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Muriel Angelus as Catharine McGinty

Muriel Angelus

Catharine McGinty

Akim Tamiroff as The Boss

Akim Tamiroff

The Boss

Allyn Joslyn as George

Allyn Joslyn

George

William Demarest as Skeeters - The Politician

William Demarest

Skeeters - The Politician

Louis Jean Heydt as Tommy Thompson

Louis Jean Heydt

Tommy Thompson

Harry Rosenthal as Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard

Harry Rosenthal

Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard

Arthur Hoyt as Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast

Arthur Hoyt

Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast

Libby Taylor as Bessy - The Maid

Libby Taylor

Bessy - The Maid

Thurston Hall as Mr. Maxwell

Thurston Hall

Mr. Maxwell