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The Great McGinty
"It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!"
1940 • 1h 22m • ★ 6.9 (75 votes) 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
Writer
Preston Sturges
Rating
6.9
Runtime
82 min
Production
Paramount PicturesTop Billed Cast
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Keywords
politicsgreat depressionblack and whitedepression erabanana republichoboelection fraud
