The Last Hurrah (1958)

Review: The Last Hurrah (1958)

Director: John Ford

Cast: Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O’Brien, Basil Rathbone,

Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy
Jeffrey Hunter
Jeffrey Hunter
Dianne Foster
Dianne Foster
Pat O’Brien
Pat O’Brien
Basil Rathbone
Basil Rathbone

Plot: In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.

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<i>John Ford at Columbia 1935-1958</i>: Indicator Blu-ray

John Ford at Columbia 1935-1958: Indicator Blu-ray

Indicator’s four-disk John Ford at Columbia 1935-1958 box set raises some interesting questions about the nature of auteurism and how the ways in which a filmmaker comes to be defined influence how different films are viewed. Two of the […]

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