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The Great McGinty (1940)

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...

  • Comedy

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Brian DonlevyBrian DonlevyDaniel 'Dan' McGinty
  • Photo of Muriel AngelusMuriel AngelusCatharine McGinty
  • Photo of Akim TamiroffAkim TamiroffThe Boss
  • Photo of Allyn JoslynAllyn JoslynGeorge
  • Photo of William DemarestWilliam DemarestSkeeters - The Politician
  • Photo of Louis Jean HeydtLouis Jean HeydtTommy Thompson
  • Photo of Harry RosenthalHarry RosenthalLouie - The Boss' Bodyguard
  • Photo of Arthur HoytArthur HoytMayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
  • Photo of Libby TaylorLibby TaylorBessy - The Maid
  • Photo of Thurston HallThurston HallMr. Maxwell

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