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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.
Spencer Tracy stars as Frank Skeffington, an Irish-American political boss running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town. The film is based on a novel by Edwin O'Connor and explores the changing times and methods of local politics.
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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, and was also on lists for bestseller of that year.
- Edwin O'Connor
- 1956
May 5, 2022 · The Last Hurrah by John Ford. Publication date 1958 Usage Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International Topics Cinema Language English. No copyright infringement
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A list of the actors, directors, writers and other crew members who worked on the 1958 film The Last Hurrah, based on Edwin O'Connor's novel. Spencer Tracy stars as Frank Skeffington, a corrupt but popular politician, and Jeffrey Hunter plays his nephew Adam Caulfield.
Based on the novel by Edwin O'Connor, this political drama focuses on Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy), an aging mayor who is embarking on his final campaign for...
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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 ...
