The Great McGinty

1940 · directed by Preston Sturges

Rating

83/100

Hit

yes

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...

The Great McGinty (1940), directed by Preston Sturges, rates 83/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Brian Donlevy
• Muriel Angelus
• Akim Tamiroff
• Allyn Joslyn
• William Demarest
• Louis Jean Heydt
• Harry Rosenthal
• Arthur Hoyt
• Libby Taylor
• Thurston Hall

Crew

• William C. Mellor — Director of Photography
• Hugh Bennett — Editor
• Friedrich Hollaender — Original Music Composer
• Preston Sturges — Writer

More from Preston Sturges

1. Sullivan's Travels (1941) — 93/100 · hit
2. The Lady Eve (1941) — 84/100 · hit
3. Unfaithfully Yours (1948) — 84/100 · hit
4. The Palm Beach Story (1942) — 82/100 · hit
5. Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) — 82/100 · hit
6. Christmas in July (1940) — 81/100 · hit

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