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6.9/10 • 66

1940-08-011h 22m

Comedy

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

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...

Directors
Preston Sturges
Writters
Preston Sturges
Editors
Preston Sturges, Hugh Bennett

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  1. Brian Donlevy

    Brian Donlevy

    Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

  2. Muriel Angelus

    Muriel Angelus

    Catharine McGinty

  3. Akim Tamiroff

    Akim Tamiroff

    The Boss

  4. Allyn Joslyn

    Allyn Joslyn

    George

  5. William Demarest

    William Demarest

    Skeeters - The Politician

  6. Louis Jean Heydt

    Louis Jean Heydt

    Tommy Thompson

  7. Harry Rosenthal

    Harry Rosenthal

    Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard

  8. Arthur Hoyt

    Arthur Hoyt

    Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast

  9. Libby Taylor

    Libby Taylor

    Bessy - The Maid

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
politicsgreat depressionblack and whitedepression erabanana republichoboelection fraud