Summary
The Last Hurrah is an American film first released in 1958,
directed by John Ford.
The film stars Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O’Brien and Basil Rathbone.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: John Ford
- Script: Edwin O’Connor, Frank S. Nugent
- Photo: Charles Lawton Jr.
- Cast: Spencer Tracy (Mayor Frank Skeffington), Jeffrey Hunter (Adam Caulfield), Dianne Foster (Mave Caulfield), Pat O’Brien (John Gorman), Basil Rathbone (Norman Cass, Sr.), Donald Crisp (Cardinal Martin Burke), James Gleason (’Cuke’ Gillen), Edward Brophy (’Ditto’ Boland), John Carradine (Amos Force), Willis Bouchey (Roger Sugrue), Basil Ruysdael (Bishop Gardner), Ricardo Cortez (Sam Weinberg), Wallace Ford (Charles J. Hennessey), Frank McHugh (Festus Garvey), Carleton Young (Winslow), Frank Albertson (Jack Mangan), Bob Sweeney (Johnny Degnan), William Leslie (Dan Herlihy), Anna Lee (Gert Minihan), Ken Curtis (Monsignor Killian), Jane Darwell (Delia Boylan), O.Z. Whitehead (Norman Cass Jr.), Arthur Walsh (Frank Skeffington Jr.), Phil Adams (Bit Role), Alex Akimoff (Bit Role), Fred Aldrich (Campaign HQ Extra), Richard Alexander (Mourner given cigar at Wake), Frank Baker (Banker Member of Plymouth Club), Bobette Bentley (First Blonde), Steve Benton (Bit Role), Gail Bonney (Woman, scene 190), Danny Borzage (Pete), Rand Brooks (Votes Tallyman), John Bryant (Man at Campaign HQ), Jack Chefe (Crowd Extra), Dick Cherney (Bit Role), Charles Cirillo (Bit Role), Richard Dale Clark (Bit Role), Ruth Clifford (Nurse), Edmund Cobb (Man, scene 139), Bud Cokes (Bit Role), Hal K. Dawson (Managing Editor), Richard Deacon (Graves, Club Secretary), John Deauville (Bit Role), George DeNormand (Banker), Joe Devlin (Man, scene 54), James Dime (Campaign HQ Extra), Clint Dorrington (Bit Role), Mimi Doyle (Mamie Burns), Tommy Earwood (Gregory McClusky), Eddie Fetherston (Bit Role, scene 36), Charles B. Fitzsimons (Kevin McCluskey), James Flavin (Police Capt. Michael J. Shanahan), George Ford (Bit Role), William Forrest (Doctor Tom), Joseph Forte (Managing Editor, scene 36), Raoul Freeman (Banker Member of Plymouth Club), Sam Harris (Member of Plymouth Club on stairway), Jack Henderson (Bit Role, scene 36), William Henry (Votes Tallyman), Chuck Hicks (Fighter), Stuart Holmes (Bit Role), Chuck Howard (Bit Role), William Hudson (Votes Tallyman), Charles Anthony Hughes (Man, scene 139), Thomas E. Jackson (Man, scene 54), William Janssen (Bit Role), Mike Jeffers (Bit Role), Roy Jenson (Fighter), Roland Jones (Bit Role), Richard Keene (Man, scene 139), Fred Kennedy (Bit Role), June Kirby (Second Blonde), Webster Lagrange (Bit Role), Harry Lauter (Votes Tallyman), Johnny Leone (Bit Role), Robert Levin (Jules Kowalsky), Edmund Lowe (Johnny Byrne), Wilbur Mack (Banquet guest), Hank Mann (Bit Role), Eve March (Neighbor Woman, scene 54), Frank Marlowe (Bit Role, scene 36), Mae Marsh (Mourner at Wake), Philo McCullough (Politician), Joe McGuinn (2nd Man, scene 188), Edward McNally (Ward Heeler), Paul McVey (Banker), Harold Miller (Banquet guest), Jimmy Murphy (Office Boy), Forbes Murray (Banker Member of Plymouth Club), Tom Neal (Tom – Mourner at Wake), Bill Neff (Man at Campaign HQ), William H. O’Brien (Bit Role), Brian O’Hara (Man, scene 61), Joe Palma (Cop at Campaign HQ), Emma Palmese (Bit Role), Harvey Parry (Bit Role), Jack Pennick (Police Sgt. Rafferty), Bob Perry (Bit Role), Clete Roberts (News Reporter), Molly Roden (Neighbor Woman), Victor Romito (Bit Role), Buck Russell (Bit Role), Dick Ryan (Man, scene 139), Cosmo Sardo (Bit Role), Frank J. Scannell (Man, scene 63), Jordan Shelley (Bit Role), Charles Sherlock (Rally Marcher), Stephen Soldi (Bit Role), George Spaulding (Man, scene 54), Ted Stanhope (1st Man, scene 188), Anna Stein (Bit Role), Bert Stevens (Political Rally Marcher), Harry Strang (Harry – Mourner at Wake), Brick Sullivan (Ward Heeler), Charles Sullivan (Charlie – the Chauffeur), Frank Sully (Fire Lieutenant), Julius Tannen (Mr. Kowalsky), Harry Tenbrook (Caterer at Wake), Charles Trowbridge (Member of Plymouth Club at front door), Phil Tully (Man, scene 63), Harry Tyler (Robert, Elderly Retainer), Ruth Warren (Ellen Davin), James Waters (Young Politician), Helen Westcott (Mrs. McCluskey)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 121 min; B&W
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