The Last Hurrah Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

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Released Date

October 23, 1958

Distributor

Columbia Pictures

Genre

Drama

Cast

Spencer Tracy, Basil Rathbone, John Carradine, Jeffrey Hunter, Pat O'Brien, Donald Crisp, Dianne Foster, James Gleason, Edward Brophy

1900-1967

Spencer Tracy

as Mayor Frank Skeffington

1892-1967

Basil Rathbone

as Norman Cass, Sr.

1906-1988

John Carradine

as Amos Force

1926-1969

Jeffrey Hunter

as Adam Caulfield

1899-1983

Pat O'Brien

as John Gorman

1882-1974

Donald Crisp

as Cardinal Martin Burke

1928-2019

Dianne Foster

as Maeve Sugrue Caulfield

1882-1959

James Gleason

1895-1960

Edward Brophy

About 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.

About

Political drama about an aging mayor who sets off on his final campaign for reelection. The film is based upon the 1956 novel of the same name by Edwin O'Connor.

Trivia

Sets for the film were constructed around Columbia Ranch in Burbank, CA. The film itself came in $200,000 under budget but was not considered a box office success.