The Last Hurrah

Frank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as Mayor of of a US town for the last time.

• Director: John Ford
• Genre:Drama
• Runtime:121 minutes

Cast

Spencer Tracy : Mayor Frank Skeffington
Jeffrey Hunter : Adam Caulfield
Dianne Foster : Mave Caulfield
Pat O’Brien : John Gorman
Basil Rathbone : Norman Cass, Sr.

An aging politician tries to get re-elected one last time in the changing world of the 1950s when TV started to play a bigger part in politics. Based loosely on the career of multi-term Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, this film examines the good and evil inherent in politics and all the things that go into an election. Tracy’s uphill battle to stay in office is set against the political machinery that preyed on ethnic hatred and old-time money. Read more