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7.1 / 10 1h 22min

Comedy

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...

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Review by user752orrupu1o

What's Up is Down, What's Wrong is Right

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Review by user306pp7xycxg

Great Political Comedy That Still Has A Bite! Well Worth Your Time.

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Review by user72h805054m

Rare political satire that actually entertains

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Review by CrystalCaterpillar

A Film of Surprisingly Graceful Cynicism

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Review by user336mme5f2wz

If I'm going down, you're going with me!

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Review by user376yqyp9u39

Great McGinty When the Public Works Didn't Really Work for Public in Fabulous Film ****

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Review by user910on70f2ag

"This Is A Land of Opportunity"

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Review by user8072lh8pjee

Preston Sturges's directorial debut won him an Oscar for writing

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Review by JungleJavelina

Not Sturges' Greatest Work, But A Strong Debut

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Review by SonicSquid

The beginning of one of the great Hollywood careers.(possible spoiler)

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Review by user988pt7q9oxg

Comedy and satire of 20th century crooked machine politics

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Review by JungleJaguar

Nearly equal to Sturges' more acknowledged classics

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Review by user962uobpd6z0

The Truth About the American Democratic System

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