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      The Last Hurrah

      Released Oct 24, 1958 2h 1m Drama List
      86% 14 Reviews Tomatometer 81% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Based on the novel by Edwin O'Connor, this political drama focuses on Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy), an aging mayor who is embarking on his final campaign for reelection. Aided by his nephew, Adam Caulfield (Jeffrey Hunter), and savvy strategist John Gorman (Pat O'Brien), Skeffington faces considerable challenges as the political landscape that he knows slowly crumbles away, but, undaunted, he remains determined to stay in the game a bit longer. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Feb 21 Buy Now

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      matthew c Incredible film, I've not seen many Ford films that werent Westerns, and this is a layered treat for the sense. Spencer Tracy absolutely dominates in this also, surprised neither this nor The Old Man & The Sea won him the Academy Award that year, guess I better watch Separate Tables sometime and see how Niven's performance won it... Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Excellent film about politics! Spencer Tracy. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/21/21 Full Review Audience Member While Spencer Tracy is wonderful in playing the aging, out of touch city political boss, and Ford is great in creating the ambiance of slow deterioration, a changing world and those who are being left behind, it does not make for a pleasant movie watching experience. The caricature nature of the racist and anti-immigrant sentiment, versus the perceived corruption of the political system between the haves and have-nots, without any attempt at a cathartic moment leaves a very unfulfilled and empty feeling at the end of the movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the best movies ever. So classic, serious and funny all at the same time. Explains the changing face of politics in America over the generations. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Quite a bit of Ford's later work has nostalgia as its theme; think Cheyenne Autumn and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. As with all of us who are aging, Ford too was aware of his own world dissipating before his eyes and he projected this into his films. The Last Hurrah is one more example and its a good one, fairly accurate in its portrayal of Old Time American politics, symbolized by Tracy's role, as it loses out to a more modern, sophisticated political sense of life. It IS sentimental but what movie built on nostalgia could be otherwise? Take it for what it is and enjoy. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Ed M Spencer Tracy! John Ford! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/26/19 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Lindsay Anderson Sight & Sound Ford has done all this once... But the poetry is gone. Mar 18, 2020 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Full of eccentric characters, many of whom appear exaggerated but are likely quite abundant in the world of politics. Rated: 6/10 Aug 23, 2020 Full Review Alberto Abuín Espinof The extreme sensitivity in these last moments of the movie is of an astonishing delicacy. [Full Review in Spanish] Aug 21, 2019 Full Review Christopher Lloyd The Film Yap A rare John Ford political drama in which Spencer Tracy shines as an over-the-hill pol who chases one more term as mayor. Rated: 4/5 Jun 3, 2019 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Terrific entertainment until it's stopped dead in its tracks by a painfully protracted finale. Rated: 3.5/4 Apr 23, 2019 Full Review Tony Macklin tonymacklin.net The Last Hurrah is an ignored classic. Rated: 5.0/10 May 25, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Based on the novel by Edwin O'Connor, this political drama focuses on Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy), an aging mayor who is embarking on his final campaign for reelection. Aided by his nephew, Adam Caulfield (Jeffrey Hunter), and savvy strategist John Gorman (Pat O'Brien), Skeffington faces considerable challenges as the political landscape that he knows slowly crumbles away, but, undaunted, he remains determined to stay in the game a bit longer.
      Director
      John Ford
      Screenwriter
      Frank S. Nugent, Edwin O'Connor
      Distributor
      Columbia TriStar Home Video, Columbia Pictures
      Production Co
      Columbia Pictures Corporation
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 24, 1958, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Oct 19, 2010
      Runtime
      2h 1m
      Sound Mix
      Mono
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