The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty

It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!

Directed by Preston Sturges

Produced by Paramount Pictures

194082 min7.0 / 10

A brisk, witty Depression-era comedy about a drifter's rise through political corruption and his undoing by an honest woman's influence.

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this brings rapid promotion from "the boss," who finally decides he'd be ideal as a new, nominally "reform" mayor; but this candidacy requires marriage. His in-name-only marriage to honest Catherine proves the beginning of the end for dishonest Dan...

Questions people ask

  • Is The Great McGinty easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is The Great McGinty sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

  • Is The Great McGinty violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is The Great McGinty scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does The Great McGinty end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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68/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity73

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise60

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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