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The Great McGinty

Year:

1940

Duration:

82 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

7.5

Director:

Preston Sturges

Awards:

Won Oscar.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1940-08-23

Filming Locations: Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Brian Donlevy

The Great McGinty

Muriel Angelus

Catherine McGinty

Akim Tamiroff

The Boss

Allyn Joslyn

George

William Demarest

Skeeters - The Politician

Louis Jean Heydt

Tommy Thompson

Harry Rosenthal

Louie (bodyguard)

Arthur Hoyt

Mayor Wilfred T. Tillinghast

Libby Taylor

Bessy (maid)

Thurston Hall

Mr. Maxwell

Steffi Duna

The Dancing Girl

Esther Howard

Madame Juliette La Jolla

Frank Moran

The Boss' Chauffeur (as Frank C. Moran)

Jimmy Conlin

The Lookout

Dewey Robinson

Benny Felgman

Richard Carle

Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina

Donnie Kerr

Donnie (Catherine's boy), age 4

Mary Thomas

Mary (Catherine's girl), age 6

Drew Roddy

Donnie (Catherine's boy), age 9

Sheila Sheldon

Mary (Catherine's girl), age 11

George Anderson

Charlie - Cashier (uncredited)

Sylvia Andrew

Bit Role (uncredited)

William 'Billy' Benedict

Farm Boy (uncredited)

Sammy Blum

Bartender (uncredited)

Ed Cassidy

Detective (uncredited)

Pauline Drake

Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

William Edmunds

Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)

Betty Farrington

Bit Role (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Governor's Secretary (uncredited)

Duke Green

Double (uncredited)

Harry Hayden

Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)

Lorimer Johnston

Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

Guard (uncredited)

Wanda McKay

Bit Role (uncredited)

George Melford

Senior Senator (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore

McGinty's Valet (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Saloon Extra (uncredited)

Paul Newlan

Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)

Enrique Orona

Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)

Jean Phillips

New Manicurist (uncredited)

Victor Potel

Cook (uncredited)

C.L. Sherwood

Guard at Jail (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

Mike - Cop (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)

Kay Stewart

First Manicurist (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Voting Registrar (uncredited)

Bess Wade

Bit Role (uncredited)

Robert Warwick

Opposition Speaker (uncredited)

Pat West

Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)

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Trivia

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

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On August 19, 1939, Paramount issued a check to contract writer Preston Sturges to buy the story and screenplay of this movie, in the amount of $10. Sturges promised to sell the script for that amount if he could direct. The studio took him up on it and the film was a hit and won an Academy Award for the screenplay, probably making it the cheapest Oscar-winning script in history.

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Sturges got the idea for this film from a Chicago area judge who shared stories with him about city elections.

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Goofs

In his victory parade as governor, McGinty rides in a car and it is clear he does not have a mustache. In the next scene, which takes place the same day at the state capitol, he has a mustache.

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Quotes

Skeeters: If it wasn't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics. Men without ambition. Jellyfish.

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Prologue: "This is the story of two men who met in a banana republic. One of them never did anything dishonest in his life except for one crazy minute. The other never did anything honest in his life except for one crazy minute. They both had to get out of the country." 1 of 1 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Dan McGinty: [to the Politician about getting paid for multiple voting] Never mind the applesauce. How do I get the bucks?

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