The Great McGinty (1940)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

      Brian Donlevy

    • Catherine McGinty

      Muriel Angelus

    • The Boss

      Akim Tamiroff

    • George

      Allyn Joslyn

    • Skeeters, the politician

      William Demarest

    • Thompson

      Louis Jean Heydt

    • Louie, the bodyguard

      Harry Rosenthal

    • Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast

      Arthur Hoyt

    • Bessy, the maid

      Libby Taylor

    • Mr Maxwell

      Thurston Hall

    • the girl in saloon

      Steffi Duna

    • Madame La Jolla

      Esther Howard

    • The Boss's chauffeur

      Moran, Frank C.

    • the look-out

      Jimmy Conlin

    • Benny Felgman

      Dewey Robinson

    • Dr Jarvis

      Richard Carle

    • Catherine's son, aged 4

      Donnie Kerr

    • Catherine's daughter, aged 6

      Mary Thomas

    • Catherine's son, aged 9

      Drew Roddy

    • Catherine's daughter, aged 11

      Sheila Sheldon

    • [switchboard operator]

      Pauline Drake

    • [professor]

      William Edmunds

    • [McGinty's valet]

      Charles Moore

    • [first manicurist]

      Kay Stewart

    • [new manicurist]

      Jean Phillips

    • [policeman]

      Emory Parnell

    • [Mike the cop]

      Lee Shumway

    • [cook]

      Victor Potel

    • [watcher at barber shop]

      Harry Hayden

    • [watcher at laundry]

      Walter Soderling

    • [Pappia]

      Pat West

    • [detective]

      Edward Cassidy

    • [bartender]

      Sam Blum

    • [opposition speaker]

      Robert Warwick

    • [Libertad, the Mexican boy]

      Enrique Orona

    • [governor's secretary]

      Byron Foulger

    • [girl]

      Wanda Mckay

    • [ugly prisoner]

      Paul Newlan

    • [old crack-pot]

      Lorimer Johnston

    • [senior senator]

      George Melford

    • [guard]

      Charles Mcavoy

    • [guard]

      C.L. Sherwood

    • [farm boy]

      Billy Benedict

    • [double]

      John Sinclair

    • [double]

      Duke Green

    • [Charlie, the cashier]

      George Anderson

    • [.]

      Dorothy Vernon

    • [.]

      Sylvia Andrew

    • [.]

      Bess Wade

    • [.]

      Betty Farrington

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Director

      Preston Sturges

    • [Assistant Director]

      George Templeton

    • [Assistant Director]

      Alvin Ganzer

    • [Script Clerk]

      Gana Jones

    Production:

    • Production Company

      Paramount Pictures

    • [Executive Producer]

      William Lebaron

    • Producer

      Paul Jones

    • [Business Manager/Unit Manager]

      Ralph W. Nelson

    • [Assistant Business Manager]

      Don Robb

    • [Assistant to Producer]

      David Hire

    Casting:

    • [Casting]

      Robert Mayo

    Writing:

    • Written by

      Preston Sturges

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      Mellor, William

    • [2nd Camera]

      Neal Beckner

    • [Assistant Camera]

      Eddie Adams

    • [Chief Electrician]

      Richard Brandow

    • [Gaffer]

      Roy Roberts

    • [Gaffer Assistant]

      E.L. Calkins

    • [Gaffer Assistant]

      John Chevez

    • [Gaffer Assistant]

      Henry Shuster

    • [Electrician]

      Adolph Froelich

    • [Company Grip]

      Darrell Turnmire

    • [Company Grip Assistant]

      Jack Lefferman

    • [Company Grip Assistant]

      Art Elliott

    Stills:

    • [Stills]

      G.E. Richardson

    Special Effects:

    • [Transparency]

      Dewey Wrigley

    • [Transparency]

      Bill Heckler

    Editing:

    • Editor

      Hugh Bennett

    • [Assistant Cutter]

      Lee Hall

    Design:

    • Art Director

      Hans Dreier

    • Art Director

      Earl Hedrick

    • Interior Decorations

      A.E. Freudeman

    • [Set Dresser]

      Seymour, Steve

    • [Set Dresser/Prop Assistant]

      Gus Rush

    • [Props]

      Oscar Lau

    Costumes:

    • [Wardrobe Designer]

      Adele Balkan

    • Costumes

      Edith Head

    • [Ladies' Wardrobe]

      Florence Lyons

    • [Men's Wardrobe]

      Patrick Cummings

    Make-up:

    • [Make-up]

      Frank Thayer

    • [Hairdresser]

      Nellie Manley

    Music:

    • Musical Score

      Frederick Hollander

    • [Music Department]

      Troy Sanders

    Sound:

    • Sound Recording

      Earl Hayman

    • Sound Recording

      Walter Oberst

    • [Recordist]

      Richard Olson

    • [Recordist]

      Arnold Braun

    • [Recordist]

      Gordon Rayburn

    • [Recordist]

      Hilmer Larsen

    • [Stage Engineer]

      Max Hutchinson

    • [Boom Grip]

      Art Hadley

    • [Boom Grip]

      Buck Walters

    • [Mike Grip]

      Bill Kubitz

    • [Sound Effects]

      Howard Joslin

    Consultant:

    • [Technical Adviser]

      Ernst Laemmle

    Publicity:

    • [Publicity]

      Theodore Bonnet