For Election Day: The Great McGinty

Posted on November 5, 2013 at 8:00 am

This delicious political satire from the incomparable Preston Sturges is the story of a homeless man whose enterprising attitude (offered $2 to vote for a machine candidate, he votes 37 times) leads to his rise in politics all the way to the governor’s office — until a moment of honesty leads to his fall. Don’t forget to vote!

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