The Great McGinty

Aug 1, 1940

1h 22m

★ 6.9

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

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...

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

The Great McGinty Trailers

Cast

Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Brian Donlevy

Catharine McGinty

Muriel Angelus

The Boss

Akim Tamiroff

George

Allyn Joslyn

Skeeters - The Politician

William Demarest

Tommy Thompson

Louis Jean Heydt

Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard

Harry Rosenthal

Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast

Arthur Hoyt

Bessy - The Maid

Libby Taylor

Mr. Maxwell

Thurston Hall

The Dancing Girl

Steffi Duna

Madame Juliette La Jolla

Esther Howard

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6.5

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6.9

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6.6

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7.2

Aldeia da Roupa Branca

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7.3

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5.8

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7.0

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0.0

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