Synopsis
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...
Key facts
Original language
English
Production companies
Paramount Pictures
Awards
Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
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Festival History
- Locarno International Film Festival 1989 generic
- Academy Awards 1941 academy_award
Titles
| Original title | THE GREAT McGINTY | |
| Alternate title | Gouverneur malgré lui |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
