The Great McGinty
movie
It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!
Released August 01, 1940
Genres:
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...
Cast
Brian Donlevy
as
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Muriel Angelus
as
Catharine McGinty
Akim Tamiroff
as
The Boss
Allyn Joslyn
as
George
William Demarest
as
Skeeters - The Politician
Louis Jean Heydt
as
Tommy Thompson
Harry Rosenthal
as
Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Arthur Hoyt
as
Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Libby Taylor
as
Bessy - The Maid
Thurston Hall
as
Mr. Maxwell
Steffi Duna
as
The Dancing Girl
Esther Howard
as
Madame Juliette La Jolla
Crew
Preston Sturges
as
Director
Preston Sturges
as
Writer
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Buddy G. DeSylva
as
Producer
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William LeBaron
as
Executive Producer
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Hugh Bennett
as
Editor
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Hans Dreier
as
Art Direction
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A. Earl Hedrick
as
Art Direction
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A. E. Freudeman
as
Set Decoration
Edith Head
as
Costume Design
Friedrich Hollaender
as
Original Music Composer
William C. Mellor
as
Director of Photography
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Frank Thayer
as
Makeup Artist