The Great McGinty

Preston Sturges
1940-08-01

It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!
6.939
82 min

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...

Cast

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