The Great McGinty

Where to Watch The Great McGinty (1940)

1940Movie"It's Two-Fisted FUN! A fightin' fool gives you laughter of a lifetime..!"

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Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'The Great McGinty' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Great McGinty' right now, here are some finer points about the Paramount Pictures comedy flick.

Released August 23rd, 1940, 'The Great McGinty' stars Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff, Allyn Joslyn The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 22 min, and received a user score of 69 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 71 well-known users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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..." .

'The Great McGinty' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on August 23rd, 1940