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The Last Hurrah is a 1958 American political satire film adaptation of the 1956 novel The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor. It was directed by John Ford and stars Spencer Tracy as a veteran mayor preparing for yet another election campaign.
A classic drama directed by John Ford, based on a novel by Edwin O'Connor, about Frank Skeffington, an old Irish-American political boss running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, and more on IMDb.
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- Drama
- John Ford
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The Last Hurrah is a 1956 novel written by Edwin O'Connor. It is considered the most popular of O’Connor's works, partly because of a 1958 movie adaptation starring Spencer Tracy. The novel was immediately a bestseller in the United States for 20 weeks, [2] and was also on lists for bestseller of that year. [3]
- Edwin O'Connor
- 1956
In THE LAST HURRAH, John Ford explores the quintessential Irish-American rogue: the big city politician. Widely believed to be based on the life of Boston mayor James Curley, THE LAST...
The Last Hurrah is one more example and its a good one, fairly accurate in its portrayal of Old Time American politics, symbolized by Tracy's role, as it loses out to a more modern, sophisticated...
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- Spencer Tracy
- John Ford
- Drama
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 ...
A classic drama film directed by John Ford and starring Spencer Tracy as a political boss facing changing times. Based on the novel by Edwin O'Connor, the film explores the themes of corruption, power and democracy in American politics.
