The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty

It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!

1940-08-01 82 min ★ 7.0

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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Cast

Richard Carle
Richard Carle
Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)
William Edmunds
William Edmunds
Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)
Steffi Duna
Steffi Duna
The Dancing Girl
Jimmy Conlin
Jimmy Conlin
The Lookout - At Felgman's
Muriel Angelus
Muriel Angelus
Catharine McGinty
Akim Tamiroff
Akim Tamiroff
The Boss
William Demarest
William Demarest
Skeeters - The Politician
Wanda McKay
Wanda McKay
Bit Role (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Walter Soderling
Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)
Kay Stewart
Kay Stewart
First Manicurist (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Dorothy Vernon
Voting Registrar (uncredited)
Esther Howard
Esther Howard
Madame Juliette La Jolla
Frank Moran
Frank Moran
The Boss' Chauffeur
Allyn Joslyn
Allyn Joslyn
George
Harry Rosenthal
Harry Rosenthal
Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Arthur Hoyt
Arthur Hoyt
Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Thurston Hall
Thurston Hall
Mr. Maxwell
Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger
Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Larry Steers
Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)
Sylvia Andrew
Sylvia Andrew
Bit Role (uncredited)
Sammy Blum
Sammy Blum
Bartender (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy
Ed Cassidy
Detective (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
Charles McAvoy
Guard (uncredited)
Pat West
Pat West
Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)
Libby Taylor
Libby Taylor
Bessy - The Maid
Dewey Robinson
Dewey Robinson
Benny Felgman
Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Harry Hayden
Harry Hayden
Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)
George Melford
George Melford
Senior Senator (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
Charles R. Moore
McGinty's Valet (uncredited)
Jean Phillips
Jean Phillips
New Manicurist (uncredited)
William Benedict
William Benedict
Farm Boy (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
Betty Farrington
Bit Role (uncredited)
Lorimer Johnston
Lorimer Johnston
Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Emory Parnell
Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Lee Shumway
Mike - Cop (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Robert Warwick
Opposition Speaker (uncredited)
Louis Jean Heydt
Louis Jean Heydt
Tommy Thompson
Bert Moorhouse
Bert Moorhouse
Saloon Extra (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Paul Newlan
Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)
Victor Potel
Victor Potel
Cook (uncredited)