The Great McGinty
# It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!
π 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...
π Languages Available:
English
,
Russian
π Date Released:
1940-08-01
β Running Time:
82 mins
β Vote Average:
6.955
Beloved Cast
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Brian Donlevy
Catharine McGinty
Muriel Angelus
The Boss
Akim Tamiroff
George
Allyn Joslyn
Skeeters - The Politician
William Demarest
Tommy Thompson
Louis Jean Heydt
Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Harry Rosenthal
Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Arthur Hoyt
Bessy - The Maid
Libby Taylor
Mr. Maxwell
Thurston Hall
The Dancing Girl
Steffi Duna
Madame Juliette La Jolla
Esther Howard
The Boss' Chauffeur
Frank Moran
The Lookout - At Felgman's
Jimmy Conlin
Benny Felgman
Dewey Robinson
Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4
Donnie Kerr
Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6
Mary Thomas
Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9
Drew Roddy
Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11
Sheila Sheldon
Charlie - Cashier (uncredited)
George Anderson
Bit Role (uncredited)
Sylvia Andrew
Farm Boy (uncredited)
William Benedict
Bartender (uncredited)
Sammy Blum
Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)
Richard Carle
Detective (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Pauline Drake
Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)
William Edmunds
Bit Role (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Double (uncredited)
Duke Green
Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)
Lorimer Johnston
Guard (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
Bit Role (uncredited)
Wanda McKay
Senior Senator (uncredited)
George Melford
McGinty's Valet (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
Saloon Extra (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)
Enrique Orona
Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
New Manicurist (uncredited)
Jean Phillips
Cook (uncredited)
Victor Potel
Guard at Jail (uncredited)
C.L. Sherwood
Mike - Cop (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)
Larry Steers
First Manicurist (uncredited)
Kay Stewart
Voting Registrar (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Bit Role (uncredited)
Bess Wade
Opposition Speaker (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)
Pat West