The Great McGinty (1940)
1h 22m
Running Time
August 1, 1940Release Date
The Great McGinty (1940)
1h 22m
Running Time
August 1, 1940Release Date
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Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
black and whiteΒ Β·Β
politicsΒ Β·Β
great depressionΒ Β·Β
hoboΒ Β·Β
election fraudΒ Β·Β
depression eraΒ Β·Β
Cast & Crew.
![Brian Donlevy](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10963-brian-donlevy.webp)
Brian Donlevy
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
![Muriel Angelus](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/113098-muriel-angelus.webp)
Muriel Angelus
Catharine McGinty
![Akim Tamiroff](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/11082-akim-tamiroff.webp)
Akim Tamiroff
The Boss
![Allyn Joslyn](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/55209-allyn-joslyn.webp)
Allyn Joslyn
George
![William Demarest](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25647-william-demarest.webp)
William Demarest
Skeeters - The Politician
![Louis Jean Heydt](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26389-louis-jean-heydt.webp)
Louis Jean Heydt
Tommy Thompson
![Harry Rosenthal](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Harry Rosenthal
Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
![Arthur Hoyt](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22363-arthur-hoyt.webp)
Arthur Hoyt
Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
![Libby Taylor](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/264456-libby-taylor.webp)
Libby Taylor
Bessy - The Maid
![Thurston Hall](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6043-thurston-hall.webp)
Thurston Hall
Mr. Maxwell
![Steffi Duna](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/101751-steffi-duna.webp)
Steffi Duna
The Dancing Girl
![Esther Howard](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4664-esther-howard.webp)
Esther Howard
Madame Juliette La Jolla
![Frank Moran](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4637-frank-moran.webp)
Frank Moran
The Boss' Chauffeur
![Paul Jones](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Paul Jones
Producer
![Jimmy Conlin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25600-jimmy-conlin.webp)
Jimmy Conlin
The Lookout - At Felgman's
![Dewey Robinson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/27155-dewey-robinson.webp)
Dewey Robinson
Benny Felgman
![Donnie Kerr](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Donnie Kerr
Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4
![Mary Thomas](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mary Thomas
Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6
![Drew Roddy](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Drew Roddy
Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9
![Sheila Sheldon](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sheila Sheldon
Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11
![George Anderson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
George Anderson
Charlie - Cashier (uncredited)
![Sylvia Andrew](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/517502-sylvia-andrew.webp)
Sylvia Andrew
Bit Role (uncredited)
![William Benedict](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25462-william-benedict.webp)
William Benedict
Farm Boy (uncredited)
![Sammy Blum](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/355420-sammy-blum.webp)
Sammy Blum
Bartender (uncredited)
![Richard Carle](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25219-richard-carle.webp)
Richard Carle
Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)
![Ed Cassidy](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/28275-ed-cassidy.webp)
Ed Cassidy
Detective (uncredited)
![Pauline Drake](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Pauline Drake
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
![William Edmunds](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4033-william-edmunds.webp)
William Edmunds
Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)
![Betty Farrington](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Betty Farrington
Bit Role (uncredited)
![Byron Foulger](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16866-byron-foulger.webp)
Byron Foulger
Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
![Duke Green](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Duke Green
Double (uncredited)
![Harry Hayden](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25497-harry-hayden.webp)
Harry Hayden
Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)
![Lorimer Johnston](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4097-lorimer-johnston.webp)
Lorimer Johnston
Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)
![Charles McAvoy](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Charles McAvoy
Guard (uncredited)
![Wanda McKay](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26149-wanda-mckay.webp)
Wanda McKay
Bit Role (uncredited)
![George Melford](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9043-george-melford.webp)
George Melford
Senior Senator (uncredited)
![Charles R. Moore](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/171779-charles-r-moore.webp)
Charles R. Moore
McGinty's Valet (uncredited)
![Bert Moorhouse](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bert Moorhouse
Saloon Extra (uncredited)
![Paul Newlan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4639-paul-newlan.webp)
Paul Newlan
Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)
![Enrique Orona](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Enrique Orona
Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)
![Emory Parnell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26645-emory-parnell.webp)
Emory Parnell
Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
![Jean Phillips](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/28135-jean-phillips.webp)
Jean Phillips
New Manicurist (uncredited)
![Victor Potel](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/27674-victor-potel.webp)
Victor Potel
Cook (uncredited)
![C.L. Sherwood](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
C.L. Sherwood
Guard at Jail (uncredited)
![Lee Shumway](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4647-lee-shumway.webp)
Lee Shumway
Mike - Cop (uncredited)
![Walter Soderling](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25461-walter-soderling.webp)
Walter Soderling
Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)
![Larry Steers](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16833-larry-steers.webp)
Larry Steers
Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)
![Kay Stewart](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/305102-kay-stewart.webp)
Kay Stewart
First Manicurist (uncredited)
Media.
![The Great McGinty](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/101173-the-great-mcginty.webp)
![The Great McGinty](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/1/101173-the-great-mcginty.webp)
Details.
Wiki.
The Great McGinty is a 1940 political satire comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff and featuring William Demarest and (in her final screen appearance) Muriel Angelus. It was Sturges's first film as a director; he sold the story to Paramount Pictures for just $10 on condition he direct the film. Sturges received an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
For the U.K. release, the film was retitled Down Went McGinty, alluding to the 1889 song.
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