The Great McGinty (1940)

It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!

• 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. His in-name-only marriage to honest Catherine proves the beginning of the end for dishonest Dan...

Rating

7 / 10 (82 votes)

Release date

August 1, 1940

Runtime

1h 22m

Language

English

Director

Preston Sturges

Status

Released