The Great McGinty

Release Date: 1940-08-01

Runtime: 82

Languages: English | Pусский

Rating: 6.9

Votes: 72

Genres: Comedy

Director: Preston Sturges

Description: 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 ...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...Read More

Production Companies:

Paramount Pictures