Directed by:
Preston SturgesScreenplay:
Preston SturgesCinematography:
William C. MellorCast:
Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff, Allyn Joslyn, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Harry Rosenthal, Arthur Hoyt, Thurston Hall, Steffi Duna (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Corrupt politicians recruit bum Dan McGinty (Brian Donlevy) to vote under assumed names to help their candidates win. He's so good that the Boss (Akim Tamiroff) decides he'd make an ideal puppet mayor and arranges a political marriage for him. But with his new wife (Muriel Angelus), McGinty gains a conscience, causing problems for the Boss. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Brian Donlevy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505261_8d5236.jpg)
Brian Donlevy
Ireland
Best movies:
Beau Geste (1939)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Muriel Angelus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/484/160484169_3399ce.jpg)
Muriel Angelus
UK
Best movies:
The Great McGinty (1940)
![Akim Tamiroff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272389_d5fa40.jpg)
Akim Tamiroff
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Touch of Evil (1958)
![Allyn Joslyn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/033/879/33879964_41c275.jpg)
Allyn Joslyn
USA
Best movies:
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
![William Demarest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496828_42ab7f.jpg)
William Demarest
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Mountain (1956)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
![Louis Jean Heydt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/932/159932719_f1f93a.jpg)
Louis Jean Heydt
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
![Harry Rosenthal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/878/160878265_0c8e92.jpg)
Harry Rosenthal
USA
Best movies:
Birth of the Blues (1941)
The Big Clock (1948)
The Lady Eve (1941)
![Arthur Hoyt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098724_c45998.jpg)
Arthur Hoyt
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It Happened One Night (1934)
![Thurston Hall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193934_bc93e0.jpg)
Thurston Hall
USA
Best movies:
Dodge City (1939)
Virginia City (1940)
Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
![Steffi Duna](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792793_e0b16a.jpg)
Steffi Duna
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
The Great McGinty (1940)
![Jimmy Conlin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/478/159478804_97fe53.jpg)
Jimmy Conlin
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
![Dewey Robinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/053/160053817_784e52.jpg)
Dewey Robinson
USA
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Scarlet Street (1945)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
![Richard Carle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/455/160455943_e24f24.jpg)
Richard Carle
USA
Best movies:
Ninotchka (1939)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
San Francisco (1936)
![Wanda McKay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/004/158004158_32905b.jpg)
Wanda McKay
USA
Best movies:
The Lady Eve (1941)
Voodoo Man (1944)
Bowery at Midnight (1942)
George Melford
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Emory Parnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000040_e29276.jpg)
Emory Parnell
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Sabrina (1954)
![Byron Foulger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000086_3c7dff.jpg)
Byron Foulger
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Robert Warwick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000170_4f6a45.jpg)
Robert Warwick
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
![Harry Hayden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/480/159480941_f58ec9.jpg)
Harry Hayden
Canada
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![William 'Billy' Benedict](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/936/159936026_2f1313.gif)
William 'Billy' Benedict
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Killing (1956)