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The Great McGinty
Directed by
Preston Sturges
Passed
1940
82m
Comedy
,
Drama
7.2
100%
79%
6.9
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Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics, but he endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty.
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Cast of The Great McGinty
Brian Donlevy
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Muriel Angelus
Catharine McGinty
Akim Tamiroff
The Boss
Allyn Joslyn
George
William Demarest
Skeeters - The Politician
Louis Jean Heydt
Tommy Thompson
Harry Rosenthal
Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Arthur Hoyt
Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Libby Taylor
Bessy - The Maid
Thurston Hall
Mr. Maxwell
Steffi Duna
The Dancing Girl
Esther Howard
Madame Juliette La Jolla
Frank Moran
The Boss' Chauffeur
Jimmy Conlin
The Lookout - At Felgman's
Dewey Robinson
Benny Felgman
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)
The Great McGinty Ratings & Reviews
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
The Great McGinty slowly-but-surely begins to improve as it progresses into an increasingly (and unexpectedly) engrossing midsection...
48 Hills
Dennis Harvey
Sturges' tastes were precisely in synch with the public's...
New York Times
Walter Goodman
''The Great McGinty'' was the great Preston Sturges's first showing as a director, and a happy occasion it was.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
The evolution from hoodlum to governor: 'You got to crawl before you can creep, right?'
Variety
Variety Staff
Sturges displays plenty of ability in accentuating both the comedy and dramatic elements of his material, withal maintaining a consistent pace in the unreeling.
Filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti
The trademark Sturges dialogue is in rare form here, each character armed with a quiver full of tart jabs and put-downs.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
It's the kind of ironical film Capra wouldn't or couldn't make.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Deliciously biting political satire.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
You won't make a mistake, believe us, if you stuff the ballot-box for The Great McGinty.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Sturges' directorial debut is a little rough around the edges, but still good.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Donlevy isn't Sturges' most appealing lead, but he'll do, and Tamiroff really works it as his patron, the Boss.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Bob Bloom
A classic, cynical comedy about politics and corruption; still pertinent today.
San Francisco Examiner
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Minor Sturges.
Kalamazoo Gazette
James Sanford
not "Lady Eve"-caliber Preston Sturges, but well worth viewing
Chicago Reader
Don Druker
The perfect fusion of Sturges's wit and frenzy.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Preston Sturges's first film as writer-director (1940) and one of his most cynical comedies -- a cut below his best work, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't see it.
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