The Great McGinty (1940)
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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Brian DonlevyDaniel 'Dan' McGinty
Muriel AngelusCatharine McGinty
Akim TamiroffThe Boss
Allyn JoslynGeorge
William DemarestSkeeters - The Politician
Louis Jean HeydtTommy ThompsonHarry RosenthalLouie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Arthur HoytMayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Libby TaylorBessy - The Maid
Thurston HallMr. Maxwell
Steffi DunaThe Dancing Girl
Esther HowardMadame Juliette La JollaKeywords
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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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The Great McGinty has a runtime of 82 minutes.
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