The Great McGinty (1940)

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...

Released

1940-08-01

Genres

Comedy

Runtime

82 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Preston Sturges

TMDB rating

7.0/10 from 82 votes