The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty by Preston Sturges

6.90

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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Cast

Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Muriel Angelus

Muriel Angelus as Catharine McGinty

Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff as The Boss

Allyn Joslyn

Allyn Joslyn as George

William Demarest

William Demarest as Skeeters - The Politician

Louis Jean Heydt

Louis Jean Heydt as Tommy Thompson

Harry Rosenthal

Harry Rosenthal as Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard

Arthur Hoyt

Arthur Hoyt as Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast

Libby Taylor

Libby Taylor as Bessy - The Maid

Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall as Mr. Maxwell

Steffi Duna

Steffi Duna as The Dancing Girl

Esther Howard

Esther Howard as Madame Juliette La Jolla

Frank Moran

Frank Moran as The Boss' Chauffeur

Jimmy Conlin

Jimmy Conlin as The Lookout - At Felgman's

Dewey Robinson

Dewey Robinson as Benny Felgman

Donnie Kerr

Donnie Kerr as Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4

Mary Thomas

Mary Thomas as Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6

Drew Roddy

Drew Roddy as Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9

Sheila Sheldon

Sheila Sheldon as Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11

George Anderson

George Anderson as Charlie - Cashier (uncredited)

Sylvia Andrew

Sylvia Andrew as Bit Role (uncredited)

William Benedict

William Benedict as Farm Boy (uncredited)

Sammy Blum

Sammy Blum as Bartender (uncredited)

Richard Carle

Richard Carle as Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)

Ed Cassidy

Ed Cassidy as Detective (uncredited)

Pauline Drake

Pauline Drake as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

William Edmunds

William Edmunds as Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)

Betty Farrington

Betty Farrington as Bit Role (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)

Duke Green

Duke Green as Double (uncredited)

Harry Hayden

Harry Hayden as Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)

Lorimer Johnston

Lorimer Johnston as Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

Charles McAvoy as Guard (uncredited)

Wanda McKay

Wanda McKay as Bit Role (uncredited)

George Melford

George Melford as Senior Senator (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore

Charles R. Moore as McGinty's Valet (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Bert Moorhouse as Saloon Extra (uncredited)

Paul Newlan

Paul Newlan as Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)

Enrique Orona

Enrique Orona as Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Emory Parnell as Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)

Jean Phillips

Jean Phillips as New Manicurist (uncredited)

Victor Potel

Victor Potel as Cook (uncredited)

C.L. Sherwood

C.L. Sherwood as Guard at Jail (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

Lee Shumway as Mike - Cop (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

Walter Soderling as Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Larry Steers as Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)

Kay Stewart

Kay Stewart as First Manicurist (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Dorothy Vernon as Voting Registrar (uncredited)

Bess Wade

Bess Wade as Bit Role (uncredited)

Robert Warwick

Robert Warwick as Opposition Speaker (uncredited)

Pat West

Pat West as Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)

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