The Great McGinty
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DVD-R Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 22 minutes
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: January 31, 2017
- Originally Released: 1940
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus & Akim Tamiroff | |
Performer: | Allyn Joslyn, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Harry Rosenthal, Arthur Hoyt, Thurston Hall, Steffi Duna, Esther Howard & Dewey Robinson | |
Directed by | Preston Sturges | |
Edited by | Hugh Bennett | |
Screenwriting by | Preston Sturges | |
Composition by | Friedrich Hollaender | |
Art Direction by | Hans Dreier & Earl Hedrick | |
Produced by | Paul Jones | |
Director of Photography: | William C. Mellor |
Entertainment Reviews:
As a political comedy, it's far-fetched but certainly engaging.
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Film4
The perfect fusion of Sturges's wit and frenzy.
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Chicago Reader
Preston Sturges's first film as writer-director (1940) and one of his most cynical comedies -- a cut below his best work, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't see it.
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Chicago Reader
The evolution from hoodlum to governor: 'You got to crawl before you can creep, right?'
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CinePassion
Rating: A- --
It's the kind of ironical film Capra wouldn't or couldn't make.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The Great McGinty is not a great picture, a significant picture, or an important one. It's just thumping good entertainment.
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California Eagle
Rating: 4/5 --
Deliciously biting political satire.
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Description by OLDIES.com:
Depression-era bum Dan McGinty (Brian Donlevy), intrigued by the offer of quick cash for ballot stuffing, makes himself a fortune while securing a reputation among local politicians as an adept scam man. Encouraging his talents, a crooked political boss (Akim Tamiroff) grooms McGinty from a lowly bill collector to State Governor. Taken with his new wife (Muriel Angelus), the rising leader discovers a desire for reform, but instead must battle against his vengeful cronies who are keen on keeping him from exposing the unethical side of government.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 23,671
- UPC: 025192397417
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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