| The Great McGinty |
Film poster |
| Directed by |
Preston Sturges |
| Written by |
Preston Sturges |
| Starring |
Brian Donlevy
Muriel Angelus
Akim Tamiroff |
| Music by |
Frederick Hollander
John Leipold |
| Cinematography |
William C. Mellor |
| Editing by |
Hugh Bennett |
| Distributed by |
Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) |
August 15, 1940 |
| Running time |
82 min. |
| Language |
English |
| IMDb profile |
The Great McGinty is a 1940 Hollywood comedy movie written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Brian Donlevy. It is Sturges' first film as a director, and he famously sold his script to the studio for $1 to do so.
Plot outline
Dan McGinty (Brian Donlevy) is a tramp who impresses a local political boss by voting 37 times in a rigged mayoral election. McGinty becomes one of the boss's enforcers, then his political protégé, winning the mayor's job as a "reform" candidate, and going on to the governor's mansion before a change of heart compels him to take public service seriously.
Both Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff, who played the machine's corrupt boss, reprised their roles in Sturges' 1943 comedy The Miracle of Morgan's Creek.
Awards
- 1940 - Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay
External link
- The Great McGinty at the Internet Movie Database
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Categories: 1940 films | Comedy films | Films directed by Preston Sturges | Directorial debut films | Black and white films
