Summary
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...
Details
Release Date: August 1, 1940
Runtime: 82 minutes
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 6.9/10 (73 votes)
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Cast
Brian Donlevy
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Muriel Angelus
Catharine McGinty
Akim Tamiroff
The Boss
Allyn Joslyn
George
William Demarest
Skeeters - The Politician
Louis Jean Heydt
Tommy Thompson
Harry Rosenthal
Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Arthur Hoyt
Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Libby Taylor
Bessy - The Maid
Thurston Hall
Mr. Maxwell
Steffi Duna
The Dancing Girl
Esther Howard
Madame Juliette La Jolla
Frank Moran
The Boss' Chauffeur
Jimmy Conlin
The Lookout - At Felgman's
Dewey Robinson
Benny Felgman
Sylvia Andrew
Bit Role (uncredited)
William Benedict
Farm Boy (uncredited)
Sammy Blum
Bartender (uncredited)
Richard Carle
Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy
Detective (uncredited)
William Edmunds
Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)
Lorimer Johnston
Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
Guard (uncredited)
Wanda McKay
Bit Role (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
McGinty's Valet (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Saloon Extra (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
Jean Phillips
New Manicurist (uncredited)
Victor Potel
Cook (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Mike - Cop (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)
Kay Stewart
First Manicurist (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Voting Registrar (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Opposition Speaker (uncredited)
Pat West
Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)