The Great McGinty (1940)
Directed by Preston Sturges · 82 min · Comedy
45.1 TOPICAL score · #2,278 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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...
The Great McGinty (1940, directed by Preston Sturges) has a TOPICAL score of 45.1 - ranked 2,278 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and awards, and lowest on cast. It won 1 award from 1 nomination, including the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences: TMDB 7/10 (81 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 21 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudienceTMDB 7/10 (81 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 1 nomination - incl. Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 21 languages
- Still read2,331 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Brian Donlevy (actor #1,424), Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff (actor #1,064), Allyn Joslyn