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great depression politics black and white depression era banana republic hobo election fraud
The Great McGinty
Release Date: August 01, 1940
| Year | : | 1940 |
| Slogan | : | «It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!» |
| Genres | : | Comedy |
| Production Companies | : | Paramount |
| Director | : | Preston Sturges |
| Producers | : | Buddy G. DeSylva, William LeBaron |
| Writers | : | Preston Sturges |
| RunTime | : | 82 mins. |
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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Main Actors
Brian Donlevy
Character : Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Muriel Angelus
Character : Catharine McGinty
Akim Tamiroff
Character : The Boss
Allyn Joslyn
Character : George
William Demarest
Character : Skeeters - The Politician
Louis Jean Heydt
Character : Tommy Thompson
Harry Rosenthal
Character : Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Arthur Hoyt
Character : Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Libby Taylor
Character : Bessy - The Maid
Thurston Hall
Character : Mr. Maxwell
Steffi Duna
Character : The Dancing Girl
Esther Howard
Character : Madame Juliette La Jolla
Frank Moran
Character : The Boss' Chauffeur
Jimmy Conlin
Character : The Lookout - At Felgman's
Dewey Robinson
Character : Benny Felgman
Donnie Kerr
Character : Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4
Mary Thomas
Character : Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6
Drew Roddy
Character : Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9
Sheila Sheldon
Character : Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11
George Anderson
Character : Charlie - Cashier (uncredited)
Sylvia Andrew
Character : Bit Role (uncredited)
William Benedict
Character : Farm Boy (uncredited)
Sammy Blum
Character : Bartender (uncredited)
Richard Carle
Character : Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy
Character : Detective (uncredited)
Pauline Drake
Character : Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
William Edmunds
Character : Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
Character : Bit Role (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Character : Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Duke Green
Character : Double (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Character : Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)
Lorimer Johnston
Character : Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
Character : Guard (uncredited)
Wanda McKay
Character : Bit Role (uncredited)
George Melford
Character : Senior Senator (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
Character : McGinty's Valet (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Character : Saloon Extra (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Character : Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)
Enrique Orona
Character : Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Character : Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
Jean Phillips
Character : New Manicurist (uncredited)
Victor Potel
Character : Cook (uncredited)
C.L. Sherwood
Character : Guard at Jail (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Character : Mike - Cop (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Character : Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Character : Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)
Kay Stewart
Character : First Manicurist (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Character : Voting Registrar (uncredited)
Bess Wade
Character : Bit Role (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Character : Opposition Speaker (uncredited)
Pat West
Character : Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)
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