The Great McGinty (1940)

The Great McGinty (1940)

It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..! 1940-08-01 United States of America 82 Min. PG-13
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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...

Cast

Brian Donlevy is Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Muriel Angelus is Catharine McGinty
Catharine McGinty
Akim Tamiroff is The Boss
Allyn Joslyn is George
William Demarest is Skeeters - The Politician
Skeeters - The Politician
Louis Jean Heydt is Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
Harry Rosenthal is Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Arthur Hoyt is Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Libby Taylor is Bessy - The Maid
Bessy - The Maid
Thurston Hall is Mr. Maxwell
Mr. Maxwell
Steffi Duna is The Dancing Girl
The Dancing Girl
Esther Howard is Madame Juliette La Jolla
Madame Juliette La Jolla