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Movies - The Great McGinty


The Great McGinty is a 1940 Hollywood comedy movie written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Brian Donlevy
.

Plot outline

Dan McGinty (Brian Donlevy
) is a tramp who impresses a local political boss by voting 37 times in a rigged mayoral election. McGinty becomes one of the boss's enforcers, then his political protégé, winning the mayor's job as a "reform" candidate, and going on to the governor's mansion before a change of heart compels him to take public service seriously.

Both Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff
, who played the machine's corrupt boss, reprised their roles in Sturges' 1943 comedy The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
.

Awards

  • Best Writing Original Screenplay, 1940 Academy Awards

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