The Great McGinty
(1940)

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

Released: 1940-08-01

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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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Brian Donlevy

as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

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Muriel Angelus

as Catharine McGinty

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William Demarest

as Skeeters - The Politician

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Louis Jean Heydt

as Tommy Thompson

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Harry Rosenthal

as Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard

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Arthur Hoyt

as Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast

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Libby Taylor

as Bessy - The Maid

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Thurston Hall

as Mr. Maxwell

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Steffi Duna

as The Dancing Girl

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Esther Howard

as Madame Juliette La Jolla

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Frank Moran

as The Boss' Chauffeur

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Jimmy Conlin

as The Lookout - At Felgman's

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Dewey Robinson

as Benny Felgman

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Donnie Kerr

as Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4

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Mary Thomas

as Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6

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Drew Roddy

as Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9

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Sheila Sheldon

as Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11

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George Anderson

as Charlie - Cashier (uncredited)

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Friedrich Hollaender

Original Music Composer

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William LeBaron

Executive Producer

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A. E. Freudeman

Set Decoration

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Hans Dreier

Art Direction

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Edith Head

Costume Design

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William C. Mellor

Director of Photography

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Frank Thayer

Makeup Artist

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