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The Last Hurrah (1958)
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Frank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as Mayor of of a US town for the last time. Director:John Ford |
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
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Jeffrey Hunter | ... |
Adam Caulfield
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Dianne Foster | ... |
Maeve Caulfield
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John Gorman
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Norman Cass, Sr.
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Donald Crisp | ... |
Cardinal Martin Burke
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James Gleason | ... |
'Cuke' Gillen
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Edward Brophy | ... |
'Ditto' Boland
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Amos Force
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Willis Bouchey | ... |
Roger Sugrue
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Basil Ruysdael | ... |
Bishop Gardner
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Ricardo Cortez | ... |
Sam Weinberg
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Wallace Ford | ... |
Charles J. Hennessey
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Frank McHugh | ... |
Festus Garvey
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Carleton Young | ... |
Winslow
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Storyline
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. Written by Ed Lorusso
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Das letzte Hurra See more »Company Credits
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Edwin O'Connor's 1956 novel "The Last Hurrah", on which the movie is based, is a fictionalized version of former Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, a celebrated rogue who raised municipal corruption to an art form. See more »Goofs
Miscellaneous: When Frank Jr. bursts into the bedroom to see his dying Father, the doorknob comes apart and the interior knob falls off. As the Doctor immediately follows him into the room the doorknob back intact. See more »
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