The Great McGinty

Synopsis

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...

Main Cast

Brian Donlevy

Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Age : 71 | Popularity : 3%

Muriel Angelus

Catharine McGinty

Age : 95 | Popularity : 3%

Akim Tamiroff

The Boss

Age : 72 | Popularity : 6%

Allyn Joslyn

George

Age : 79 | Popularity : 8%

William Demarest

Skeeters - The Politician

Age : 91 | Popularity : 3%

Louis Jean Heydt

Tommy Thompson

Age : 56 | Popularity : 3%

Harry Rosenthal

Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard

Age : 52 | Popularity : 5%

Arthur Hoyt

Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Friedrich Hollaender
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Edith Head
	Makeup Artist	Frank Thayer
Art	Art Direction	Hans Dreier A. Earl Hedrick
	Set Decoration	A. E. Freudeman
Production	Producer	Buddy G. DeSylva
	Executive Producer	William LeBaron
Camera	Director of Photography	William C. Mellor
Directing	Director	Preston Sturges
Writing	Writer	Preston Sturges
Editing	Editor	Hugh Bennett
Department	Role	Name

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