The Great McGinty 1940

Name: The Great McGinty
Released: 1940-08-01
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff, Allyn Joslyn, William Demarest

Synopsis:

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...

Directed by:	Preston Sturges
Written by:	Preston Sturges
Runtime:	82 minutes
Critics score:	100 / 100
Tagline:	It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!