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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
- 1958-11
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 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 film about an aging Irish-American politician running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town in the 1950s. Based loosely on the career of Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, it explores the good and evil of politics and the changing media landscape.
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...
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