The Last Hurrah
Frank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town for the last time.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Released
- 1958
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1958
Storyline
Frank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town for the last time.
Top credits
Spencer Tracy ā Frank Skeffington
Jeffrey Hunter ā Adam Caulfield
Dianne Foster ā Maeve Caulfield
Pat O'Brien ā John Gorman
Awards
0 wins & 1 nomination
See all awards āDid you know
ā¢ A large exterior set of "Boston row houses" was constructed on the Columbia (now Warner Bros.) Ranch in Burbank for this film. Most of it burned down in 1974 but the Skeffington house survived.
ā¢ Orson Welles was John Ford's original choice to play Frank Skeffington, but Welles either lost or refused the part after Ward Bond, a Ford friend and an ultra-conservative Republican, publicly questioned Welles' loyalty to the U.S., as Welles was well known as a progressive Democrat. Ford was furious with Bond, since Welles and Ford were fans of each other's work.
ā¢ Spencer Tracy said during filming, "I've joked about retiring but this could be the picture. I'm superstitious you know that's a part of being Irish and I'm back with John Ford again, for the first time since I started out with him twenty-eight years ago. I feel this is the proper place for me to end. Even the title is prophetic."
User reviews
classic Spencer Tracy
Here is the end of a political career and of an era.
Somehow, Ford has managed to make a film that is BOTH cynical and sentimental
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1, 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
