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...
as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
as Catharine McGinty
as The Boss
as George
as Skeeters - The Politician
as Tommy Thompson
as Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard
as Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
as Bessy - The Maid
as Mr. Maxwell
as The Dancing Girl
as Madame Juliette La Jolla
as The Boss' Chauffeur
as The Lookout - At Felgman's
as Benny Felgman
as Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 4
as Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 6
as Donnie - Catherine's Boy, Age 9
as Mary - Catherine's Girl, Age 11
as Charlie - Cashier (uncredited)
as Bit Role (uncredited)
as Farm Boy (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)
as Detective (uncredited)
as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
as Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)
as Bit Role (uncredited)
as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
as Double (uncredited)
as Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)
as Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)
as Guard (uncredited)
as Bit Role (uncredited)
as Senior Senator (uncredited)
as McGinty's Valet (uncredited)
as Saloon Extra (uncredited)
as Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)
as Libertad, Mexican Boy (uncredited)
as Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
as New Manicurist (uncredited)
as Cook (uncredited)
as Guard at Jail (uncredited)
as Mike - Cop (uncredited)
as Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)
as Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)
as First Manicurist (uncredited)
as Voting Registrar (uncredited)
as Bit Role (uncredited)
as Opposition Speaker (uncredited)
as Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)
