The Last Hurrah
The Last Hurrah

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  • Released: 1958
  • Runtime: 117 mins
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  • Studio: Columbia Pictures
  • Genres: Drama

In a New England town, aging Frank Skeffington, descended from poor Irish immigrants, is conducting his fifth and last political campaign for Mayor - he thus far being undefeated - before he serves his last term leading into retirement from politics, he surrounded by his longtime campaign team. Despite his success rate largely from support of the Irish immigrant population in seeing one of their own doing good, Frank does have his detractors, not only the blue bloods of the t... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Last Hurrah:

Spencer Tracy
Jeffrey Hunter
Dianne Foster
Pat O'Brien
Basil Rathbone
Donald Crisp

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In a New England town, aging Frank Skeffington, descended from poor Irish immigrants, is conducting his fifth and last political campaign for Mayor - he thus far being undefeated - before he serves his last term leading into retirement from politics, he surrounded by his longtime campaign team. Despite his success rate largely from support of the Irish immigrant population in seeing one of their own doing good, Frank does have his detractors, not only the blue bloods of the town, but those that see him operating under an old boys network of doing favors for friends and every one of his actions having a self-serving political motivation. And there are others, including Frank's son, Frank Skeffington, Jr., who couldn't care less about politics, Jr. absorbed with his own fun-loving existence. A microcosm of the political division can be seen by the Caulfield household: non-political Adam Caulfield, a sportswriter for the Morning News newspaper and Frank's nephew, supports his uncle in liking him both as a man and uncle, while Adam's wife, Maeve Caulfield, has the same impression of Frank as her wealthy father, Roger Sugrue, who grew up in the same working class neighborhood as Frank and who sees Frank working on graft. Adam's boss, the Morning News Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Amos Force, has always opposed Frank, and mounts a concerted campaign for those in the anti-Frank camp to rally around his strongest opponent, political neophyte Kevin McCluskey, despite McCluskey's inexperience showing at every turn. As he can see the times changing in terms of the way political campaigns are run and covered with the onset of more electronic media such as television and radio playing a bigger part, Frank brings in Adam as an observer journalist of his campaign to witness the changing times, what Frank sees as his last hurrah before his means of operation to win elections will no longer suffice.

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Creative Loafing - 9/10 by Matt BrunsonTerrific entertainment until it's stopped dead in its tracks by a painfully protracted finale.
Classic Film and Television - 5/10 by Michael E. GrostHilarious, richly inventive political satire targeting the rich's class war against the poor, is more timely than ever.
User Review - 10/10 by Adam SAn extremely underrated movie that everyone should see. That's really about all that has to be said.
User Review - 10/10 by Dave BWhat a wonderful performance by Spencer Tracy! I have read that the movie was thought to be a depiction of the real-life Mayor Curley of Boston. I can remember hearing the name "Mayor Curley" when I first moved to Massachusetts as a young boy, even though his political career was already in the past. The picture is wonderfully done and gave me fond memories of my youthful years living in the Greater Boston area. In this case, Spencer Tracy plays "Mayor Skeffington," an old-time Irish-American politician in his last political campaign. It displayed the tension between the Yankee bluebloods and the ascendant Irish and others over political control of the city. I recommend it especially to those who know Boston well.
User Review - 10/10 by Greg WA quality picture, full of meaning, history, and famous faces. It details the fall of the old ways of politics -- like the good old-fashioned street-corner speech -- to the advances of television and the scripted plug. It follows the last campaign of Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) in a well-suited role as an aging mayor. His nephew (Jeffrey Hunter), who cares for Skeffington more than the mayor's own son, follows the campaign, shenanigans, and magnanimity of Skeffington. The film was created from a successful novel, and the quality shows. We can see that there is backstory to the characters, a life beyond the plot. The honest emotions in the closing scenes are not to be missed. They touched me keenly.
User Review - 10/10 by Des BSpencer Tracy is fantastic as the Tamanny Hall style Irish politician fighting his final election - great cast, great characterisations
User Review - 8/10 by Kevin JThe Decline and Fall of good old white ethnic politics.
User Review - 8/10 by Edward BGreat movie. Just caught it on Turner Classic Movies. Some of the political themes in the movie are relevant today as they were then.
User Review - 8/10 by cody fA late film from Ford that confirms and crystallizes a number of themes and tropes prominent in his work throughout his career. The lone hero tirelessly works for the people, honors and even talks to his dead wife, sometimes resorts to more unsavory methods to accomplish his purpose. The only difference here is the ultimate pessimism--his way cannot continue, his kind is dying out, tradition will pass away--and that we should mourn such a circumstance. Also, some nice expressionist flourishes.
User Review - 8/10 by Zoran SSpencer Tracy is quite amazing in this even if the film is a bit predictable and rote. It does have some interesting things to say about populism and how (then) television was changing the way politics was done on a local level.

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