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The Great McGinty (1940)

Associate Producer: Paul Jones. Director: Preston Sturges. Assistant Director: George Templeton. Screenplay: Preston Sturges. Photography: William Mellor. Editor: Hugh Bennett. Art Director: Hans Dreier. Associate: Earl Hedrick. Set Decoration: A.E. Freudeman. Sound: Earl Hyman, Richard Olson. Musical Score: Frederick Hollander. Costumes: Edith Head. Make-up: Wally Westmore. Production and Distribtion: Paramount. Release Date: August 1940. Running Time: 81 minutes.

Dan McGinty Brian Donlevy
Catherine McGinty Muriel Angelus
The Boss Akim Tamiroff
George Allyn Joslyn
The Politician William Demarest
Thompson Louis Jean Heydt
Louie Harry Rosenthal
Mayor Tillinghast Arthur Hoyt
Bessie Libby Taylor
Mr. Maxwell Thurston Hall
The Girl Steffi Duna
Madame LaJolla Esther Howard
Chauffeur Frank Moran
Catherine’s Girl Mary Thomas
Catherine’s Boy Donnie Kerr
The Lookout Jimmy Conlin
Benny Felgman Dewey Robinson
Manicurist Jean Phillips
Cop Lee Shumway
Pappia Pat West
Secretary Byron Foulger
Dr. Jarvis Richard Carle
McGinty’s Valet Charles Moore
Policeman Emory Parnell
Cook Vic Potel
Watcher Harry Hayden
Opposition Speaker Robert Warwick

Note: A one-hour adaptation of Sturges’ screenplay was presented on NBC’s "Lux Video Theatre" on April 28, 1955. It featured Brian Donlevy, Thomas Gomez, and Jesse White.

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