Alicia Malone Intro - The Great McGinty (1940)

Great McGinty, The - (Original Trailer)

A hobo (Brian Donlevy) rises to town mayor when he hooks up with a crooked political boss in Preston Sturges' The Great McGinty (1940).

Great McGinty, The -- (Movie Clip) Don't Forget The Mayor

The bartender's flashback, Brian Donlevy recalling his first encounter with the political machine, inducted by the archetypal "Politician" (William Demarest), early in writer-director Preston Sturges' The Great McGinty, 1940.

Great McGinty, The -- (Movie Clip) Rub It The Other Way

Having hurriedly married staffer Catherine (Muriel Angelus) to enhance his image, candidate McGinty (Brian Donlevy) gets stroppy with "The Boss" (Akim Tamiroff), then discovers his new asset hasn't revealed everything, in Preston Sturges' The Great McGinty, 1940.

Great McGinty, The -- (Movie Clip) If It Wasn't For Graft

The barkeep (Brian Donlevy, title character), resumes the flashback, meeting with Maxwell (Thurston Hall), while "The Politician" (William Demarest) grumbles with knowing Catherine (Muriel Angelus) and "The Boss" (Akim Tamiroff) replaces the mayor, in Preston Sturges' The Great McGinty, 1940.

American Politics in the Movies -- (TCM Promo)

TCM's original promo for "American Politics in the Movies," featuring Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Candidate, The Great McGinty, and All the King's Men among the 22 movies, Wednesday nights in September, 2008.

Great McGinty, The -- (Movie Clip) The Suit Got You

Drifter McGinty (Brian Donlevy), having earned a bundle through audacious illicit voting, arrives to meet the duly-impressed "Boss" (Akim Tamiroff), then visiting Juliette (Esther Howard), in The Great McGinty, 1940, written and directed by Preston Sturges.