Akim Tamiroff, Allyn Joslyn, Arthur Hoyt
Preston Sturges made his directorial debut and won a Best Screenplay Oscar for this hit political satire. Corrupt politicians recruit bum Dan McGinty (Brian Donlevy) to vote under assumed names to hel...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 21, 2006
Stats: 60 reviews
The Great McGinty was Preston Sturges' directorial debut; he famously sold the script - which went on to win him an Oscar - to Paramount for $10, on the condition that he could direct the movie himself. In a seedy bar in a banana republic, Dan McGinty (Brian Donlevy) recal...( read more)
brilliant political satire, sturges' directorial debut and his only oscar win, for best original screenplay. i've said it before: this man was a comic genius. using many of sturges' favorite themes, it's an historic film in that it was the first directed by a screenwriter fro...( read more)
An historic movie as it's probably the first one done by a writer/director, Preston Sturges. The Great McGinty stars off with enough of the trademarked Sturges dialogue and humor (namely with McGinty's suit) as it tells the tale of a dishonest hobo turned mayor turned governor wh...( read more)
Sturges' directorial debut is great fun to watch. He won the Oscar for best screenplay and it lit a fire under his ass. For the next four years his creative output shone remarkable strong.
Sturges' first film as director. Clever political satire, and a nice showcase for frequent second-banana/villain Donlevy. Sturges would go on to much better, but this is a smart, sharp little film in its own right.
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