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The Great McGinty

It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!
It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!
Comedy - 1940
The Great McGinty
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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...
Director:
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Preston Sturges
Cast:
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Louis Jean Heydt
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William Demarest
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Akim Tamiroff
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Brian Donlevy
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Allyn Joslyn
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Jimmy Conlin
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Muriel Angelus
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Steffi Duna
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Harry Rosenthal

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Details

Runtime:
82 min
Release date:
1 Aug 1940
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Russian
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 1 win total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Sturges displays plenty of ability in accentuating both the comedy and dramatic elements of his material, withal maintaining a consistent pace in the unreeling.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
13 Nov 2007
fresh:
A wonderfully dry satire.
– Tom Milne,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
You won't make a mistake, believe us, if you stuff the ballot-box for The Great McGinty.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Preston Sturges's first film as writer-director (1940) and one of his most cynical comedies -- a cut below his best work, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't see it.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The perfect fusion of Sturges's wit and frenzy.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
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