The Great McGinty (1940)

The Great McGinty Poster

1h 22min | Comedy | Aug 1, 1940 | Released

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: Preston Sturges

Producer: Buddy G. DeSylva

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Cast & Crew

Cast (53 Members)

Louis Jean Heydt

Tommy Thompson

Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina

William Demarest

Skeeters, le politicien

le maire Wilfred T. Tillinghast

Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman

The Boss

Opposition Speaker (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

Election Official at Laundry

Mr. Maxwell

Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Madame Juliette La Jolla

George

le guetteur

The Lookout

William Edmunds

Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium

Governor's Secretary

Cook

Bit Role

Poll Watcher at Barber Shop

The Boss' Chauffeur

Catharine McGinty

Detective

Benny Felgman

Guard at Jail

Guard

Saloon Extra (uncredited)

Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)

Guest at Election Celebration

New Manicurist

la danseuse

The Dancing Girl

Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet

First Manicurist

Bessy (maid)

Voting Registrar

Senior Senator

Mike - Cop

Harry Rosenthal

Louie (bodyguard)

Double

Bit Role

Charles R. Moore

McGinty's Valet

Betty Farrington

Bit Role

Bartender

Lorimer Johnston

Old Crack-Pot

Mary (Catherine's girl), age 6

Switchboard Operator

William Benedict

Farm Boy (uncredited)

George Anderson

Charlie - Cashier

Bit Role

Donnie (Catherine's boy), age 9

Mary (Catherine's girl), age 11

Donnie (Catherine's boy), age 4

Libertad, Mexican Boy

Louis Jean Heydt Tommy Thompson

Richard Carle Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina

William Demarest Skeeters, le politicien

Arthur Hoyt le maire Wilfred T. Tillinghast

Pat West Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman

Akim Tamiroff The Boss

Robert Warwick Opposition Speaker (uncredited)

Walter Soderling Election Official at Laundry

Thurston Hall Mr. Maxwell

Brian Donlevy Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Esther Howard Madame Juliette La Jolla

Allyn Joslyn George

Jimmy Conlin le guetteur

Jimmy Conlin The Lookout

William Edmunds Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium

Byron Foulger Governor's Secretary

Victor Potel Cook

Wanda McKay Bit Role

Harry Hayden Poll Watcher at Barber Shop

Frank Moran The Boss' Chauffeur

Muriel Angelus Catharine McGinty

Ed Cassidy Detective

Dewey Robinson Benny Felgman

C.L. Sherwood Guard at Jail

Charles McAvoy Guard

Bert Moorhouse Saloon Extra (uncredited)

Emory Parnell Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)

Larry Steers Guest at Election Celebration

Jean Phillips New Manicurist

Steffi Duna la danseuse

Steffi Duna The Dancing Girl

Paul Newlan Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet

Kay Stewart First Manicurist

Libby Taylor Bessy (maid)

Dorothy Vernon Voting Registrar

George Melford Senior Senator

Lee Shumway Mike - Cop

Harry Rosenthal Louie (bodyguard)

Duke Green Double

Sylvia Andrew Bit Role

Charles R. Moore McGinty's Valet

Betty Farrington Bit Role

Sammy Blum Bartender

Lorimer Johnston Old Crack-Pot

Mary Thomas Mary (Catherine's girl), age 6

Pauline Drake Switchboard Operator

William Benedict Farm Boy (uncredited)

George Anderson Charlie - Cashier

Bess Wade Bit Role

Drew Roddy Donnie (Catherine's boy), age 9

Sheila Sheldon Mary (Catherine's girl), age 11

Donnie Kerr Donnie (Catherine's boy), age 4

Enrique Orona Libertad, Mexican Boy

Crew (11 Members)

Friedrich Hollaender

Original Music Composer

Costume Design

Art Direction

Buddy G. DeSylva

Producer

William C. Mellor

Director of Photography

Preston Sturges

Director

Set Decoration

William LeBaron

Executive Producer

A. Earl Hedrick

Art Direction

Editor

Makeup Artist

Friedrich Hollaender Original Music Composer

Edith Head Costume Design

Hans Dreier Art Direction

Buddy G. DeSylva Producer

William C. Mellor Director of Photography

Preston Sturges Director

A.E. Freudeman Set Decoration

William LeBaron Executive Producer

A. Earl Hedrick Art Direction

Hugh Bennett Editor

Frank Thayer Makeup Artist

Age At Time Of Release

Friedrich Hollaender

43

42

54

Louis Jean Heydt

37

Buddy G. DeSylva

N/A

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