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The Last Hurrah. An intelligent, heart-warming story based on the Edwin O'Connor best-seller, an aging New England Mayor is defeated in a hard-fought re-election campaign involving shady transactions by both political groups. Drama 1958 2 hr 1 min. 86%.
Synopsis. Spencer Tracy stars in John Ford's sentimental adaptation of Edwin O'Connor's novel about the final campaign of a big city mayor, loosely based upon the life of Boston politician James Curley. Tracy is Frank Skeffington, the political boss of an Eastern city dominated by Irish-Americans. Skeffington tries to assist the people of the ...
May 6, 2019 · The Last Hurrah 1958 Frank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town for the last time.Director: J...
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Synopsis. 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 ...
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The Last Hurrah. The Last Hurrah is a 1958 American drama movie directed by John Ford and was based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Edwin O'Connor. It stars Spencer Tracy, Dianne Foster, Jeffrey Hunter, Pat O'Brien, Donald Crisp, Edward Brophy, James Gleason, Basil Rathbone, John Carradine, Edmund Lowe, Wallace Ford, Basil Ruysdael, Frank ...
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 HURRAH stars Spencer Tracy (whom Ford discovered) as Mayor Frank Skeffington, the last of a dying breed of grassroots politicians. Facing a re-election challenge from a new kind of politician, the TV candidate, Skeffington pulls out all the stops in an old-fashioned, rip-roaring campaign which enrages the WASP ...
The Last Hurrah is an ignored classic. Full Review | Original Score: 5.0/10 | May 25, 2016. Enjoyable as crowd-pleasing nostalgia. Full Review | Original Score: B- | Mar 23, 2012. Hilarious ...
