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The Last Hurrah

… something to shout about!

Not Rated Drama

Starring: Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien, Basil Rathbone

Writer: Frank S. Nugent, Edwin O'Connor

Release Date:
December 31, 1958
Ratings:
7.2 / 10
Director:
John Ford
Companies:
Columbia Pictures

Overview

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.