The Great McGinty
It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!
7.0(78) 1940-08-01 82 minComedy
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...
DirectorPreston Sturges
WriterPreston Sturges
ProducerBuddy G. DeSylva
Original Music ComposerFriedrich Hollaender
Cast & characters
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
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Donnie Kerr
as Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4
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Mary Thomas
as Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6
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Drew Roddy
as Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9
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Sheila Sheldon
as Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11
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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)
