---
title: 'The Great McGinty (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Preston Sturges'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-mcginty-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032554/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Great McGinty (1940)

1940 · 80 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Great McGinty is a 1940 American political satire comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff and featuring William Demarest and Muriel Angelus. It was Sturges's first film as a director; he sold the story to Paramount Pictures for just $10 on condition he direct the film. Sturges received an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Preston Sturges](https://cinepixo.com/people/preston-sturges)
- **Screenplay:** [Preston Sturges](https://cinepixo.com/people/preston-sturges)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Friedrich Hollaender](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-hollaender)
- **Producer:** [Buddy DeSylva](https://cinepixo.com/people/buddy-desylva)
- **Director of Photography:** [William C. Mellor](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-c-mellor)

## Cast

- [Byron Foulger](https://cinepixo.com/people/byron-foulger)
- [Jimmy Conlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-conlin)
- [William Edmunds](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-edmunds)
- [Akim Tamiroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/akim-tamiroff)
- [Brian Donlevy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-donlevy)
- [Thurston Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/thurston-hall)
- [Louis Jean Heydt](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-jean-heydt)
- [Arthur Hoyt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hoyt)
- [Allyn Joslyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/allyn-joslyn)
- [Esther Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/esther-howard)
- [Muriel Angelus](https://cinepixo.com/people/muriel-angelus)
- [William Demarest](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-demarest)
- [Richard Carle](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-carle)
- [Steffi Duna](https://cinepixo.com/people/steffi-duna)

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