The Great McGinty

In Depression-era America, Dan McGinty, played by Brian Donlevy, recounts his rise and fall to a bar's dancing girl and a suicidal American customer. In a long flashback, Dan explains how he became a trusted enforcer and protégé of the city's political boss, Akim Tamiroff, after impressing him with his vote fraud in a rigged mayoral election. After being elected mayor, Dan marries the boss's secretary, Catharine, played by Muriel Angelus, but eventually becomes disillusioned with the corruption and finds love with his wife, leading to his downfall.