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The Great McGinty (1940)
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Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics. But endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty... Director:Preston SturgesWriter:Preston Sturges |
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Muriel Angelus | ... |
Catherine McGinty
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Akim Tamiroff | ... |
The Boss
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Allyn Joslyn | ... |
George
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William Demarest | ... |
Skeeters - The Politician
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Louis Jean Heydt | ... |
Tommy Thompson
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Harry Rosenthal | ... |
Louie (bodyguard)
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Arthur Hoyt | ... | |
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Libby Taylor | ... |
Bessy (maid)
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Thurston Hall | ... |
Mr. Maxwell
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Steffi Duna | ... |
The Dancing Girl
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Esther Howard | ... |
Madame Juliette La Jolla
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Frank Moran | ... |
The Boss' Chauffeur
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Jimmy Conlin | ... |
The Lookout
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Dewey Robinson | ... |
Benny Felgman
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Storyline
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... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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1.37 : 1
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"Academy Award Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 20, 1946 with Brian Donlevy reprising his film role. See more »Quotes
Prologue: "This is the story of two men who met in a banana republic. One of them never did anything dishonest in his life except for one crazy minute. The other never did anything honest in his life except for one crazy minute. They both had to get out of the country."See more »
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