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It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..! - The Great McGinty
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Title: The Great McGinty

Release Date: 1 Aug 1940

Runtime: 1h 22m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 6.913 (69 votes)

Cast

  • Daniel 'Dan' McGinty: Brian Donlevy
  • Catharine McGinty: Muriel Angelus
  • The Boss: Akim Tamiroff
  • George: Allyn Joslyn
  • Skeeters - The Politician: William Demarest
  • Tommy Thompson: Louis Jean Heydt
  • Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard: Harry Rosenthal
  • Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast: Arthur Hoyt
  • Bessy - The Maid: Libby Taylor
  • Mr. Maxwell: Thurston Hall
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