The Last Hurrah

(1958)

121 minutes

Drama

Directed by John Ford

Cast:

Spencer Tracy as Mayor Frank Skeffington 
Jeffrey Hunter as Adam Caulfield 
Dianne Foster as Mave Caulfield 
Pat O'Brien as John Gorman 
Basil Rathbone as Norman Cass, Sr. 
Donald Crisp as Cardinal Martin Burke 
James Gleason as 'Cuke' Gillen 
Edward Brophy as 'Ditto' Boland 
John Carradine as Amos Force 
Willis Bouchey as Roger Sugrue 
Basil Ruysdael as Bishop Gardner 
Ricardo Cortez as Sam Weinberg 
Wallace Ford as Charles J. Hennessey 
Frank McHugh as Festus Garvey 
Carleton Young as Winslow 

An aging politician attempts to run again for the next election in hopes of transforming the ways of the 1950s, for television was becoming a huge role in politics. The story is somewhat based on the career of Boston Mayor James Michael Curley , who was elected twice. The movie takes a deep look into the good and devious characteristics in politics and all the factors that play into an election. Tracy's struggle to keep his position, as mayor was a hard time for him, for he had to battle prejudice and people that came from families of wealth.

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