The Great McGinty (1940)

1h 22m · 1 Aug 1940

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

Comedy

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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...

Movie ID	144748
Genre	Comedy
Director	Preston Sturges
Main cast	Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff, Allyn Joslyn, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Harry Rosenthal, Arthur Hoyt
Release date	1 August 1940
Release year	1940
Language	English
Duration	82 min (1h 22m)
Rating	7.0 / 10 (TMDB)
Production house	Paramount Pictures