
The Great McGinty
(1940)
Comedy
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82min
69%
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 ...
Brian Donlevy
Acting
Muriel Angelus
Acting
Akim Tamiroff
Acting

Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Brian Donlevy
Popularity : 0.534

Catharine McGinty
Muriel Angelus
Popularity : 0.0558

The Boss
Akim Tamiroff
Popularity : 0.5039

George
Allyn Joslyn
Popularity : 0.3078

Skeeters - The Politician
William Demarest
Popularity : 0.4395

Tommy Thompson
Louis Jean Heydt
Popularity : 0.2607

Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Harry Rosenthal
Popularity : 0.0918

Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Arthur Hoyt
Popularity : 0.2237

Bessy - The Maid
Libby Taylor
Popularity : 0.1002

Mr. Maxwell
Thurston Hall
Popularity : 0.2759

The Dancing Girl
Steffi Duna
Popularity : 0.1153

Madame Juliette La Jolla
Esther Howard
Popularity : 0.181

The Boss' Chauffeur
Frank Moran
Popularity : 0.2197

The Lookout - At Felgman's
Jimmy Conlin
Popularity : 0.1278

Benny Felgman
Dewey Robinson
Popularity : 0.1084
Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4
Donnie Kerr
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Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6
Mary Thomas
Popularity : 0.0286
Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9
Drew Roddy
Popularity : 0.0593
Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11
Sheila Sheldon
Popularity : 0.0379
Charlie - Cashier (uncredited)
George Anderson
Popularity : 0.0739

Bit Role (uncredited)
Sylvia Andrew
Popularity : 0.0379

Farm Boy (uncredited)
William Benedict
Popularity : 0.4254

Bartender (uncredited)
Sammy Blum
Popularity : 0.1183

Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)
Richard Carle
Popularity : 0.1567

Detective (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy
Popularity : 0.1698
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Pauline Drake
Popularity : 0.1893

Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)
William Edmunds
Popularity : 0.2069
Bit Role (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
Popularity : 0.1494

Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Popularity : 0.5168
Double (uncredited)
Duke Green
Popularity : 0.1074

Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Popularity : 0.1558

Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)
Lorimer Johnston
Popularity : 0.0558
Guard (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
Popularity : 0.0404

Bit Role (uncredited)
Wanda McKay
Popularity : 0.2126

Senior Senator (uncredited)
George Melford
Popularity : 0.1607

McGinty's Valet (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
Popularity : 0.0641
Saloon Extra (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Popularity : 0.2062

Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Popularity : 0.2546
Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)
Enrique Orona
Popularity : 0

Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Popularity : 0.3894

New Manicurist (uncredited)
Jean Phillips
Popularity : 0.0971

Cook (uncredited)
Victor Potel
Popularity : 0.1228
Guard at Jail (uncredited)
C.L. Sherwood
Popularity : 0.0379

Mike - Cop (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Popularity : 0.1225

Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Popularity : 0.1897

Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Popularity : 0.1405

First Manicurist (uncredited)
Kay Stewart
Popularity : 0.2043

Voting Registrar (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Popularity : 0.1823
Bit Role (uncredited)
Bess Wade
Popularity : 0.0327

Opposition Speaker (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Popularity : 0.3329

Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)
Pat West
Popularity : 0.1198