The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty (1940)

Approved 23 Aug 1940 • Comedy • 1h 22m
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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...

Preston Sturges
Director
Preston Sturges
Writer
Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff
Starring

Language: English, Russian
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 1 win total
Country: United States
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7.2

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