Academy Award Theater – The Great McGinty. ep4, 460420

A man who is barely more than a common thug gets the attention of a crooked politician during a rigged election. Vote early, vote often, and vote for those who are sick or dead, and can’t make it to the polls… or so the saying goes. Soon McGinty is running for office himself, with the crooked politician to mentor him.

Rising up to higher levels of office eventually put McGinty against his crooked mentor. Has the man created a monster? One who might challenge him for his own high governmental office?

Finding the love of a good woman, and discovering power in his own right, McGinty faces off with his mentor. Will he get honest votes to be the next top dog? Has McGinty bitten off more than he can chew?
The opening scenes offer a clue how this saga of the rise and fall of crooked politics ends up.