The Last Hurrah
1958 · Movie · 121 min. · United States
An aging politician tries to get re-elected one last time in the changing world of the 1950s when TV started to play a bigger part in politics. Based loosely on the career of multi-term Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, this film examines the good and evil inherent in politics and all the things that go into an election. Tracy's uphill battle to stay in office is set against the political machinery that preyed on ethnic hatred and old-time money.
Direction John Ford
Cast Spencer Tracy · Jeffrey Hunter · Dianne Foster · Basil Rathbone · Donald Crisp · James Gleason · Pat O'Brien · John Carradine · Edward Brophy · Ricardo Cortez · Jane Darwell · Wallace Ford · Frank McHugh · Carleton Young · Bob Sweeney · Frank Albertson · Anna Lee · Harry Strang · Ken Curtis · Joe Palma · Hank Mann · Bert Stevens · Harold Miller · Eve March · Edmund Cobb · Sam Harris · John Roy
Soundtrack Miklós Rózsa
Screenplay Frank S. Nugent · Edwin O'Connor
Cinematography Charles Lawton Jr.
Original title The Last Hurrah
7.5
2K votes (FilmAffinity)
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