The Great McGinty
1940 • Comedy
6.987 (78)
Preston Sturges
Director
Preston Sturges
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
August 1, 1940
Duration
82 Min
Language
English
Popularity
0.9435
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
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...
