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...
- Created by
- Preston Sturges
- Origin
- US
- TMDB rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 79 votes
Cast
Brian DonlevyDaniel 'Dan' McGinty
Muriel AngelusCatharine McGinty
Akim TamiroffThe Boss
Allyn JoslynGeorge
William DemarestSkeeters - The Politician
Louis Jean HeydtTommy Thompson
Harry RosenthalLouie - The Boss' Bodyguard
Arthur HoytMayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
Libby TaylorBessy - The Maid
Thurston HallMr. Maxwell
