The Great McGinty (1940)

Directed by

Preston Sturges

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 78 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A shifty bum becomes a successful politician through a series of shady deals. His rise brings wealth and power until a moment of honesty threatens to undo everything.

wittyfast-pacedsatiricalcynicalplayfulsharpamusingclever

What happens

The Great McGinty is a 1940 American political satire comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff and featuring William Demarest and (in her final screen appearance) Muriel Angelus. It was Sturges's first film as a director; he sold the story to Paramount Pictures for just $10 on condition he direct the film. Sturges received an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. For the U.K. release, the film was retitled Down Went McGinty, alluding to the 1889 song. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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