The Great McGinty
It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!
1940 | 82m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Preston Sturges |
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| Writer: | Preston Sturges |
| Staring: |
| 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... | |
| Release Date: | Aug 01, 1940 |
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| Director: | Preston Sturges |
| Writer: | Preston Sturges |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | great depression, politics, black and white, depression era, banana republic, hobo, election fraud |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Brian Donlevy | Daniel 'Dan' McGinty |
| Muriel Angelus | Catharine McGinty |
| Akim Tamiroff | The Boss |
| Allyn Joslyn | George |
| William Demarest | Skeeters - The Politician |
| Louis Jean Heydt | Tommy Thompson |
| Harry Rosenthal | Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard |
| Arthur Hoyt | Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast |
| Libby Taylor | Bessy - The Maid |
| Thurston Hall | Mr. Maxwell |
| Steffi Duna | The Dancing Girl |
| Esther Howard | Madame Juliette La Jolla |
| Frank Moran | The Boss' Chauffeur |
| Jimmy Conlin | The Lookout - At Felgman's |
| Dewey Robinson | Benny Felgman |
| Donnie Kerr | Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4 |
| Mary Thomas | Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6 |
| Drew Roddy | Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9 |
| Sheila Sheldon | Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11 |
| George Anderson | Charlie - Cashier (uncredited) |
| Sylvia Andrew | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| William Benedict | Farm Boy (uncredited) |
| Sammy Blum | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Richard Carle | Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited) |
| Ed Cassidy | Detective (uncredited) |
| Pauline Drake | Switchboard Operator (uncredited) |
| William Edmunds | Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited) |
| Betty Farrington | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Byron Foulger | Governor's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Duke Green | Double (uncredited) |
| Harry Hayden | Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited) |
| Lorimer Johnston | Old Crack-Pot (uncredited) |
| Charles McAvoy | Guard (uncredited) |
| Wanda McKay | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| George Melford | Senior Senator (uncredited) |
| Charles R. Moore | McGinty's Valet (uncredited) |
| Bert Moorhouse | Saloon Extra (uncredited) |
| Paul Newlan | Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited) |
| Enrique Orona | Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited) |
| Emory Parnell | Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited) |
| Jean Phillips | New Manicurist (uncredited) |
| Victor Potel | Cook (uncredited) |
| C.L. Sherwood | Guard at Jail (uncredited) |
| Lee Shumway | Mike - Cop (uncredited) |
| Walter Soderling | Election Official at Laundry (uncredited) |
| Larry Steers | Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited) |
| Kay Stewart | First Manicurist (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Vernon | Voting Registrar (uncredited) |
| Bess Wade | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Robert Warwick | Opposition Speaker (uncredited) |
| Pat West | Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Hugh Bennett | Editor |
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| A. Earl Hedrick | Art Direction |
| A. E. Freudeman | Set Decoration |
| Frank Thayer | Makeup Artist |
| Preston Sturges | Director, Writer |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Friedrich Hollaender | Original Music Composer |
| William C. Mellor | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Buddy G. DeSylva | Producer |
| William LeBaron | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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