“The Great McGinty” quotes
(1940)
Preston Sturges
directed this movie
in 1940
Title The Great McGinty
Year 1940
Director Preston Sturges
Genre Comedy
Year 1940
Director Preston Sturges
Genre Comedy
Plot – A vagabond manages to become mayor of Chicago and then governor of the state thanks to the support of a gangster for whom he works. When the man, however, tries to behave honestly and rejects his friends' proposals, he is arrested for old crimes. After several failed attempts, he manages to escape from prison and flee to an island in the tropics where he will earn his living as a bartender.
All actors – Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff, Allyn Joslyn, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Harry Rosenthal, Arthur Hoyt, Libby Taylor, Thurston Hall, Steffi Duna, Esther Howard
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“If it wasn't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics. Men without ambition.”
“What you rob, you spend, and what you spend goes back to the people. So, where's the robbery?”
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