The Last Hurrah (1958 film)

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The Last Hurrah
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Directed by	John Ford
Produced by	John Ford
Written by	Edwin O'Connor (novel) Frank S. Nugent (screenplay)
Starring	Spencer Tracy
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr.
Editing by	Jack Murray
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	October 24, 1958
Running time	121 mins
Country	United States
Language	English
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'The Last Hurrah' is a 1958 film adaptation of the novel The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor that was directed by John Ford. Spencer Tracy was nominated as Best Foreign Actor by BAFTA, and won the Best Actor Award from National Board of Review which also awarded John Ford Best Director.^[specify]

The role of Mayor Frank Skeffington was first offered to Orson Welles, as Welles tells in Peter Bogdanovich's 1992 book 'This Is Orson Welles'. However, "When the contracts were to be settled, I was away on location, and some lawyer -if you can conceive of such a thing- turned it down. He told Ford that the money wasn't right or the billing wasn't good enough, something idiotic like that, and when I came back to town the part had gone to Tracy."

[edit] 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
Edmund Lowe Johnny Byrne
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.
Ruth Warren Ellen Davin
Charles B. Fitzsimons Kevin McCluskey
Helen Westcott Mrs. McCluskey
Mimi Doyle Mamie Burns
Danny Borzage Pete
James Flavin Police Capt. Michael J. Shanahan
William Forrest Doctor Tom
Frank Sully Fire Lieutenant
Charles Sullivan Chauffeur

[edit] External links

The Last Hurrah (1958 film) at the Internet Movie Database

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