The Last Hurrah

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 117 mins

Release Date : 1958-12-31

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Spencer Tracy is very much in his element as the long established, ducking and diving, Irish-American city mayor who takes on the blue-blooded commercial powers-that-be in his un-named New England city led by industrialist "Cass" (Basil Rathbone). It plays a little to Irish-American stereotypes acr...

Cast

Spencer Tracy

(Mayor Frank Skeffington)

Jeffrey Hunter

(Adam Caulfield)

Dianne Foster

(Mave Caulfield)

Pat O’Brien

(John Gorman)

Basil Rathbone

(Norman Cass Sr.)

Donald Crisp

(The Cardinal)

James Gleason

(Cuke Gillen)

Edward Brophy

(Ditto Boland)

John Carradine

(Amos Force)

Willis Bouchey

(Roger Sugrue)

Basil Ruysdael

(The Episcopal Bishop)

Ricardo Cortez

(Sam Weinberg)

Wallace Ford

(Charlie Hennessey)

Frank McHugh

(Festus Garvey)

Carleton Young

(Winslow)

Frank Albertson

(Jack Mangan)

Bob Sweeney

(Johnny Degnan)

William Leslie

(Dan Herlihy)

Anna Lee

(Gert Minihan)

Ken Curtis

(Monsignor Killian)

Jane Darwell

(Delia)

O.Z. Whitehead

(Norman Cass Jr.)

Arthur Walsh

(Junior)

Charles B. Fitzsimons

(Kevin McCluskey (uncredited))

James Flavin

(Police Capt. Michael J. Shanahan (uncredited))

William Forrest

(Tom - The Doctor (uncredited))

Jack Pennick

(Police Sgt. Rafferty (uncredited))

Helen Westcott

(Mrs. McCluskey (uncredited))

Phil Adams

(Man (uncredited))

Alex Akimoff

(Man (uncredited))

Fred Aldrich

(Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited))

Richard Alexander

(Mourner Given Cigar at Wake (uncredited))

Leon Alton

(Banquet Guest (uncredited))

Don Anderson

(Cop at Wake (uncredited))

Walter Bacon

(Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited))

Frank Baker

(Banker at Plymouth Club (uncredited))

Bobette Bentley

(1st Blonde (uncredited))

Steve Benton

(Man (uncredited))

Gail Bonney

(Woman (uncredited))

Danny Borzage

(Pete (uncredited))

Paul Bradley

(Banquet Guest (uncredited))

Chet Brandenburg

(Mourner at Wake (uncredited))

Rand Brooks

(Votes Tallyman (uncredited))

George Bruggeman

(Mourner at Burial (uncredited))

John Bryant

(Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited))

James J. Casino

(Political Rally Marcher (uncredited))

Jack Chefe

(Crowd Member (uncredited))

Dick Cherney

(Reporter (uncredited))

George Chester

(Mourner at Wake (uncredited))

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

(Political Rally Marcher (uncredited))

Charles Cirillo

(Man (uncredited))

Richard Dale Clark

(Man (uncredited))

Ruth Clifford

(Nurse (uncredited))

Edmund Cobb

(Man (uncredited))

Bud Cokes

(Cop at Wake (uncredited))

Russell Custer

(Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited))

Hal K. Dawson

(Managing Editor (uncredited))

Richard Deacon

(Graves (uncredited))

John Deauville

(Man (uncredited))

Jack Deery

(Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited))

George DeNormand

(Banker (uncredited))

Joe Devlin

(Man (uncredited))

James Dime

(Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited))

Mike Donovan

(Mourner at Wake (uncredited))

Clint Dorrington

(Man (uncredited))

Mimi Doyle

(Mamie Burns (uncredited))

Tommy Earwood

(Gregory McClusky (uncredited))

Richard Elmore

(Mourner at Wake (uncredited))

Eddie Fetherston

(Man (uncredited))

Duke Fishman

(Campaign Worker (uncredited))

George Ford

(Man (uncredited))

William Forrest

(Dr. Tom (uncredited))

Joseph Forte

(Managing Editor (uncredited))

Raoul Freeman

(Banker at Plymouth Club (uncredited))

Helen Gereghty

(Carmichael Sister (uncredited))

Kenneth Gibson

(Banquet Guest (uncredited))

James Gonzalez

(Reporter (uncredited))

Sam Harris

(Plymouth Club Member on Stairs (uncredited))

Ed Haskett

(Banker at Plymouth Club (uncredited))

Jack Henderson

(Man (uncredited))

William Henry

(Votes Tallyman (uncredited))

Chuck Hicks

(Fighter (uncredited))

Stuart Holmes

(Man (uncredited))

Shep Houghton

(Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited))

Chuck Howard

(Man (uncredited))

William Hudson

(Votes Tallyman (uncredited))

Charles Anthony Hughes

(Man (uncredited))

Thomas E. Jackson

(Man (uncredited))

William Janssen

(Man (uncredited))

Michael Jeffers

(Campaign Worker (uncredited))

Roy Jenson

(Fighter (uncredited))

Rolan Jones

(Man (uncredited))

Richard Keene

(Man (uncredited))

Fred Kennedy

(Man (uncredited))

Colin Kenny

(Plymouth Club Member (uncredited))

Ann Kunde

(Mourner at Wake (uncredited))

Joseph La Cava

(Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited))

Webster Lagrange

(Man (uncredited))

Harry Lauter

(Votes Tallyman (uncredited))

Johnny Leone

(Man (uncredited))

Robert Levin

(Jules Kowalsky (uncredited))

Robert Locke Lorraine

(Political Rally Marcher (uncredited))

Edmund Lowe

(Johnny Byrne (uncredited))

Wilbur Mack

(Banquet Guest (uncredited))

Hank Mann

(Man (uncredited))

Eve March

(Neighbor (uncredited))

Frank Marlowe

(Man (uncredited))

Mae Marsh

(Mourner at Wake (uncredited))

Philo McCullough

(Politician (uncredited))

Joe McGuinn

(2nd Man (uncredited))

Frank McLure

(Mourner at Wake (uncredited))

Edward McNally

(Ward Heeler (uncredited))

Paul McVey

(Banker (uncredited))

Harold Miller

(Banquet Guest (uncredited))

Ernesto Molinari

(Banquet Guest (uncredited))

Charles Morton

(Reporter (uncredited))

Sol Murgi

(Political Rally Marcher (uncredited))

Jimmy Murphy

(Office Boy (uncredited))

Forbes Murray

(Banker at Plymouth Club (uncredited))

George Nardelli

(Banquet Guest (uncredited))

Bill Neff

(Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited))

William H. O'Brien

(Man (uncredited))

Brian O'Hara

(Man (uncredited))

Joe Palma

(Cop at Campaign HQ (uncredited))

Emma Palmese

(Woman at Enterance (uncredited))

Harvey Parry

(Man (uncredited))

Bob Perry

(Man (uncredited))

Murray Pollack

(Mourner at Burial (uncredited))

Paul Power

(Banker at Plymouth Club (uncredited))

Fred Rapport

(Man on Dais (uncredited))

Edward Rickard

(Cop at Wake (uncredited))

Clete Roberts

(Reporter (uncredited))

Molly Roden

(Neighbor (uncredited))

Victor Romito

(Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited))

John Roy

(Mourner at Wake (uncredited))

Buck Russell

(Man (uncredited))

Dick Ryan

(Man (uncredited))

Cosmo Sardo

(Mourner at Wake (uncredited))

Frank J. Scannell

(Man (uncredited))

Bernard Sell

(Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited))

Jordan Shelley

(Man (uncredited))

Charles Sherlock

(Rally Marcher (uncredited))

Carl Sklover

(Political Rally Marcher (uncredited))

Stephen Soldi

(Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited))

George Spaulding

(Man (uncredited))

Bert Spencer

(Mourner at Wake (uncredited))

Ted Stanhope

(1st Man (uncredited))

Anna Stein

(Woman (uncredited))

Harry Strang

(Harry (uncredited))

Brick Sullivan

(Ward Heeler (uncredited))

Charles Sullivan

(Charlie (uncredited))

Frank Sully

(Fire Lieutenant (uncredited))

Julius Tannen

(Mr. Kowalsky (uncredited))

Harry Tenbrook

(Caterer at Wake (uncredited))

Jack Tornek

(Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited))

Charles Trowbridge

(Plymouth Club Member (uncredited))

Phil Tully

(Man (uncredited))

Harry Tyler

(Robert (uncredited))

Ruth Warren

(Ellen Davin (uncredited))

James Waters

(Young Politician (uncredited))

Chalky Williams

(Mourner at Wake (uncredited))

Bert Stevens

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