The Great McGinty

Release Date:

Aug 15, 1940

Running Time:

1:22

Genre:

Comedy

Director:

Preston Sturges

Cast:

Brian Donlevy	Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Muriel Angelus	Catherine McGinty
Akim Tamiroff	The Boss
Allyn Joslyn	George
William Demarest	The Politician
Louis Jean Heydt	Tommy Thompson
Arthur Hoyt	Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Harry Rosenthal	Louie, the Bodyguard
Libby Taylor	Bessy, the Colored Maid
Steffi Duna	The Dancing Girl
Esther Howard	Madame Juliette La Jolla
Dewey Robinson	Benny Felgman
Richard Carle	Dr. Jarvis, Card Player in Cantina
Byron Foulger	Governor's secretary (uncredited)
Emory Parnell	Policeman at soup kitchen (uncredited)
Victor Potel	Cook (uncredited)
Harry Hayden	Poll watcher at barber shop (uncredited)
Robert Warwick	Opposition speaker (uncredited)

Writers:

Preston Sturges

A dimwitted drifter finds his values changing after he is manipulated into becoming a successful public official.

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