The Great McGinty

     

The Great McGinty1940

Stars: Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff, Allyn Joslyn
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PASSED
Runtime: 82 minutes

The Great McGinty is a 1940 political satire comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff and featuring William Demarest and (in her final screen appearance) Muriel Angelus. It was Sturges's first fil… more »


Skeeters:
If it wasn't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics. Men without ambition. Jellyfish.

Catherine:
Especially since you can't rob the people anyway.

Skeeters:
Sure. How was that?

Catherine:
What you rob, you spend, and what you spend goes back to the people. So, where's the robbery? I read that in one of my father's books.

Skeeters:
That book should be in every home.

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