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The Great McGinty

It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!

7.0(82)19401h 22m1

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...

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Language
English
  • politics
  • great depression
  • black and white
  • depression era
  • banana republic
  • hobo
  • election fraud

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNRPortland, Oregon24 Jul 1940
    • PremiereDenver, Colorado25 Jul 1940
    • Theatrical (limited)1 Aug 1940
    • Theatrical (limited)New York City, New York14 Aug 1940
    • Theatrical23 Aug 1940
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical25 Jan 1950
    • PhysicalDVD19 Nov 2008
    • PhysicalBlu-Ray9 May 2023

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The Great McGinty was released on 1 August 1940.

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