The Great McGinty
1940 · 82 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 4,693 VOTES · DIR. Preston Sturges
Overview
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...
Dialogue Timeline — 1,147 lines
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00:00:45 ([Music:] Lively mariachi music)
00:05:15 Let me at it, then. What do you care?
00:07:53 That ain't no reason why Mayor Tillinghast should lose their support.
00:12:03 Wait here.
00:15:17 Congratulations, Wilfred.
00:18:09 Do you want to be at the mercy of every slug that wears a uniform?
00:21:14 Keep what change? I got 20°% coming.
00:23:56 You're dealing with a better class of man.
00:26:33 - What do you mean? - What do you think it means?
00:29:06 - You mightn't have any. - What do you mean?
00:32:10 Wouldn't hurt to give him a bath either.
00:35:16 Hey. Kinda big, innit?
00:38:46 Here it is! Hot ziggity!
00:43:51 But how can the city even contemplate a municipal bus line
00:46:37 - Oh, no, you don't. Now come on to bed. - Whee!
00:49:45 - Just George. - What does he do, room here?
00:52:50 "But you could try all night without guessing who it really was
00:55:45 the Honourable...
00:59:36 You're the governor's lady.
01:02:37 This one is falling apart.
01:05:53 You gave him back the money.
01:08:48 - Take good care of your brother, too. - Yes, Daddy.
01:14:14 Honey, they've got me dead to rights.
100:00:00 - That's what they tell me.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,147
Dialogue density14.0 lines / min
First line00:00:45
Final line100:00:00
Production Record
DirectorPreston Sturges
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,693