Last Hurrah Movie Review 1958

An aging Irish-American mayor battles corruption and political backbiting in his effort to get re-elected for the last time. Semi-acclaimed heart warmer, based on the novel by Edwin O'Connor.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 121 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Screenplay

Frank Nugent

Cast

Spencer Tracy, Basil Rathbone, John Carradine, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien, Edward Brophy, James Gleason, Donald Crisp, Ricardo Cortez, Wallace Ford, Frank McHugh, Jane Darwell

Cinematography

Charles Lawton

Director

John Ford

Other

Jack Murray, Robert Peterson

Producer

John Ford, Columbia Pictures

Awards

Natl. Bd. of Review 1958: Actor (Tracy), Director (Ford).