The Great McGinty
“It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!”
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
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Brian Donlevy
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Known for
The Quatermass Xperiment
Hangmen Also Die!
Muriel Angelus
Catharine McGinty
Also in
The Light That Failed
The Way of All Flesh
Akim Tamiroff
The Boss
Known for
Touch of Evil
Alphaville
Allyn Joslyn
George
Known for
Only Angels Have Wings
Heaven Can Wait
William Demarest
Skeeters - The Politician
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
The Lady Eve
Louis Jean Heydt
Tommy Thompson
Known for
The Big Sleep
Make Way for Tomorrow
Harry Rosenthal
Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Known for
Christmas in July
Arthur Hoyt
Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Known for
It Happened One Night
The Lost World
Libby Taylor
Bessy - The Maid
Known for
I'm No Angel
Thurston Hall
Mr. Maxwell
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Black Room
Steffi Duna
The Dancing Girl
Known for
Waterloo Bridge
Esther Howard
Madame Juliette La Jolla
Known for
Detour
Murder, My Sweet
Preston Sturges Director · Friedrich Hollaender Composer William C. Mellor Cinematographer
Budget $350K · United States release August 1, 1940 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$350,000
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Russian
Release dates
United States · July 24, 1940
Premiere · Portland, Oregon
United States · August 1, 1940
Limited theatrical
United States
July 25, 1940 · Premiere · Denver, Colorado
August 14, 1940 · Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
August 23, 1940 · Theatrical
France
January 25, 1950 · Theatrical
November 19, 2008 · Physical · DVD
May 9, 2023 · Physical · Blu-Ray
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