![The Great McGinty](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/2Lrt9YthfN9Iay4QyiLz4pdp2k0.jpg)
The Great McGinty (1940)
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...
Production Companies
![Paramount Pictures](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200/gz66EfNoYPqHTYI4q9UEN4CbHRc.png)
Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 4.248 |
Directed By
Preston Sturges
Crew
Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges
Buddy G. DeSylva
William LeBaron
Hugh Bennett
Hans Dreier
A. Earl Hedrick
A. E. Freudeman
Edith Head
Friedrich Hollaender
William C. Mellor
Frank Thayer
TOP CAST
![Brian Donlevy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/1ScpU7sf6WGlWhHqc0EYlfA4L1d.jpg)
Brian Donlevy
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
![Muriel Angelus](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/vR3nZpWChuQQf3J7DH8ZspFGNBH.jpg)
Muriel Angelus
Catharine McGinty
![Akim Tamiroff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/uX8oQDIA0N33McsTduwf5qsFdGA.jpg)
Akim Tamiroff
The Boss
![Allyn Joslyn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/bUDS6q4kEFYWPP2DbCPyEO6ePuZ.jpg)
Allyn Joslyn
George
![William Demarest](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/yNr9tzg17nMsrfxqriaWg7PEBlV.jpg)
William Demarest
Skeeters - The Politician
![Louis Jean Heydt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/6FPH4YZILpyarstBBIWcA4wpArJ.jpg)
Louis Jean Heydt
Tommy Thompson
![Harry Rosenthal](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/75cALt2tLH34s6E4Coqbpjc4TiZ.jpg)
Harry Rosenthal
Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
![Arthur Hoyt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/pVUoMq4jT8AgBgKbUrHH7lOLoGy.jpg)
Arthur Hoyt
Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
![Libby Taylor](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/prgy18mOz8eQoauyzfFJylYamzw.jpg)
Libby Taylor
Bessy - The Maid
![Thurston Hall](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/qBqBLp91C8XR0NyOhmTi73voJQY.jpg)
Thurston Hall
Mr. Maxwell
![Steffi Duna](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/vZdgDWOTLNGXzivrZT1Wqk8umhp.jpg)
Steffi Duna
The Dancing Girl
![Esther Howard](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/uzDNnWslkr0B5oIMlqW6alS4NNm.jpg)
Esther Howard
Madame Juliette La Jolla
![Frank Moran](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/9pPXH8SpCPMwuj63rnbsTsRTEMn.jpg)
Frank Moran
The Boss' Chauffeur
![Jimmy Conlin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/fImzSAUll4h46mb7iPnjPlDHr3c.jpg)
Jimmy Conlin
The Lookout - At Felgman's
![Dewey Robinson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/zq14YNrOf2yA3G4tEmYXlZDC704.jpg)
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](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/zbbVLUwJ1AfOIUItGi4GUGDC8i.jpg)
Sylvia Andrew
Bit Role (uncredited)
![William Benedict](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/lSqQnBkKiS72DXaoEES3y4LaPBV.jpg)
William Benedict
Farm Boy (uncredited)
![Sammy Blum](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/caUHUGqCXQo85UsdjG3rx9tsFvB.jpg)
Sammy Blum
Bartender (uncredited)
![Richard Carle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/y7TVekUSJtf8y8V1UrRlPG71xjq.jpg)
Richard Carle
Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)
![Ed Cassidy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/lxg59gPbrG2C2DZ666WotYk4akm.jpg)
Ed Cassidy
Detective (uncredited)
Pauline Drake
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
![William Edmunds](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/2sdkeTDzCcgJVzeoQlCn2qIkOZG.jpg)
William Edmunds
Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
Bit Role (uncredited)
![Byron Foulger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/8j1Mn3alrcZyfe742LCfjCglQ3L.jpg)
Byron Foulger
Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Duke Green
Double (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)
![Lorimer Johnston](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/y4IvXjv5m41rMBf46c9d3kjeVLJ.jpg)
Lorimer Johnston
Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
Guard (uncredited)
![Wanda McKay](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/ifZpy75FH8o0o1paoVAukStI5xu.jpg)
Wanda McKay
Bit Role (uncredited)
![George Melford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/aV70vLKnT7p3mVk1CehvMIXq7T1.jpg)
George Melford
Senior Senator (uncredited)
![Charles R. Moore](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/s2S1OOVnlBCKOo3Z3Z6nvlKPMqc.jpg)
Charles R. Moore
McGinty's Valet (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Saloon Extra (uncredited)
![Paul Newlan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/l4s8L1Qpwj0L5PIkEApZKpAmVoQ.jpg)
Paul Newlan
Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)
Enrique Orona
Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)
![Emory Parnell](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/eI6HoBY4IK8NP1k9gJKicLhIekv.jpg)
Emory Parnell
Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
![Jean Phillips](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/fux6QFn815wJPbt7Fw59CjCl07T.jpg)
Jean Phillips
New Manicurist (uncredited)
![Victor Potel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/obZCOU7xnxvlkLLfHtlZPs3EB3Q.jpg)
Victor Potel
Cook (uncredited)
C.L. Sherwood
Guard at Jail (uncredited)
![Lee Shumway](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/AnA5fg9fU5vqbYIauvkhHj6lGqh.jpg)
Lee Shumway
Mike - Cop (uncredited)
![Walter Soderling](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/4OA4L8J7xopunESWzyjBVf3O4uT.jpg)
Walter Soderling
Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)
![Larry Steers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/8QBHXihnGldVMNIxnbW2ljTk7Y1.jpg)
Larry Steers
Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)
![Kay Stewart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/jKJnGiVuuzQLyF1zzjXKqhRbRIf.jpg)
Kay Stewart
First Manicurist (uncredited)
![Dorothy Vernon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/umAgzGIOdNfS4SpeUXLopAAm8oe.jpg)
Dorothy Vernon
Voting Registrar (uncredited)
Bess Wade
Bit Role (uncredited)
![Robert Warwick](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/dEOopjfb85VTKf0vRqBQtod550B.jpg)
Robert Warwick
Opposition Speaker (uncredited)