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The Great McGinty is a 1940 American political satire comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff and featuring William Demarest and (in her final screen appearance) Muriel Angelus.
The Great McGinty: Directed by Preston Sturges. With Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff, Allyn Joslyn. Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics, but he endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty.
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- Comedy
- Preston Sturges
- 1940-08-23
The original trailer of The Great McGinty directed by Preston Sturges. Starring Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff and Allyn Joslyn.Blu-ray (Amazon...
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Brief Synopsis. A hobo rises to town mayor when he hooks up with a crooked political boss.
In a dive south of the border, bartender Dan McGinty (Brian Donlevy) stops a young man from committing suicide after a moment of dishonesty, and relates how a moment of honesty brought him down...
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- Brian Donlevy
- Preston Sturges
- Comedy
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.
Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics, but he endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty. Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud.
