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The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty

Comedy
1940, Movie, 1h 22min
Preston Sturges famously sold the story for this barbed political satire to Paramount for just $10 in exchange for the chance to direct. Brian Donlevy stars as Dan McGinty, a Depression-era hobo who becomes a “professional voter” for a crooked Chicago political boss, casting ballots under a variety of assumed names. McGinty’s facility for vice allows him to rise easily through the ranks of the city’s corrupt political machine—but will a rare act of honesty be his undoing? Winner of the Academy Award for best original screenplay, THE GREAT MCGINTY is quintessential Sturges in its topsy-turvy take on American morals.
Country: United States
Director:
Preston Sturges
Cast:
Byron Foulger,
Larry Steers,
Bert Moorhouse,
William Benedict
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Preston Sturges
Director
Byron Foulger
As Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Larry Steers
As Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
As Saloon Extra (uncredited)
William Benedict
As Farm Boy (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy
As Detective (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
As Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)

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