The Last Hurrah

Spencer Tracy stars as Mayor Frank Skeffington, a sentimental but iron-fisted Irish-American who is the powerful mayor of an unnamed New England city. As his nephew, Adam Caulfield (Jeffrey Hunter), follows one last no-holds-barred mayoral campaign, Skeffington and his top strategist, John Gorman (Pat O'Brien), use whatever means necessary to defeat a candidate backed by civic leaders such as banker Norman Cass and newspaper editor Amos Force, the mayor's dedicated foes. The film adaptation of Edwin O'Connor's novel explores the story of Skeffington's final campaign, marked by corruption, class differences, and family secrets, ultimately leading to a heart-wrenching conclusion.