The Mighty McGurk
1947 · 1h 25m · Approved
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Directed by
John Waters
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The Mighty McGurk
Overview
A retired prizefighter becomes the unlikely guardian of a young orphan boy recently arrived from England to New York's Bowery District.
Director and cast
- John Waters Director
- Wallace Beery as Roy 'Slag' McGurk
- Dean Stockwell as Nipper
- Edward Arnold as Mike Glenson
- Aline MacMahon as Mamie Steeple
- Cameron Mitchell as Johnny Burden
- Dorothy Patrick as Caroline Glenson
- Morris Ankrum as Fowles
- Clinton Sundberg as Flexter
- Tom Kennedy as Bruiser (uncredited)
- Guy Stockwell as Kid
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