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The Great McGinty( 1940)

TV-MAComedy
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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...

    Top Billed Cast

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      Brian Donlevy

      Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

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      Muriel Angelus

      Catharine 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 - The Boss' Bodyguard

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      Arthur Hoyt

      Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast

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      Libby Taylor

      Bessy - The 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 - At Felgman's

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      Dewey Robinson

      Benny Felgman

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      Donnie Kerr

      Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4

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      Mary Thomas

      Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6

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      Drew Roddy

      Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9

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      Sheila Sheldon

      Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11

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      George Anderson

      Charlie - Cashier (uncredited)

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      Sylvia Andrew

      Bit Role (uncredited)

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      William Benedict

      Farm Boy (uncredited)

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      Sammy Blum

      Bartender (uncredited)

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      Richard Carle

      Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)

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      Ed Cassidy

      Detective (uncredited)

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      Pauline Drake

      Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

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      William Edmunds

      Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)

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      Betty Farrington

      Bit Role (uncredited)

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      Byron Foulger

      Governor's Secretary (uncredited)

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      Duke Green

      Double (uncredited)

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      Harry Hayden

      Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)

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      Lorimer Johnston

      Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)

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      Charles McAvoy

      Guard (uncredited)

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      Wanda McKay

      Bit Role (uncredited)

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      George Melford

      Senior Senator (uncredited)

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      Charles R. Moore

      McGinty's Valet (uncredited)

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      Bert Moorhouse

      Saloon Extra (uncredited)

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      Paul Newlan

      Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)

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      Enrique Orona

      Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)

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      Emory Parnell

      Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)

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      Jean Phillips

      New Manicurist (uncredited)

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      Victor Potel

      Cook (uncredited)

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      C.L. Sherwood

      Guard at Jail (uncredited)

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      Lee Shumway

      Mike - Cop (uncredited)

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      Walter Soderling

      Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)

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      Larry Steers

      Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)

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      Kay Stewart

      First Manicurist (uncredited)

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      Dorothy Vernon

      Voting Registrar (uncredited)

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      Bess Wade

      Bit Role (uncredited)

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      Robert Warwick

      Opposition Speaker (uncredited)

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      Pat West

      Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • politics
    • great depression
    • black and white
    • depression era
    • banana republic
    • hobo
    • election fraud