The Last Hurrah

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The Last Hurrah is a 1958 political drama film, based on Edwin O’Connor’s novel, that follows an aging mayor’s final reelection campaign.

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The Last Hurrah canonical 2
The Last Hurrah (novel) 1

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instanceOf film ⓘ
political drama film ⓘ
adaptationOf American political novel ⓘ
adaptationType novel-to-film adaptation ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Edwin O’Connor ⓘ
basedOn The Last Hurrah (novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Last Hurrah
cinematographer Charles Lawton Jr. ⓘ
composer Raymond Walburn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director John Ford ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editor Jack Murray ⓘ
exploresTheme end of a political era ⓘ
loyalty in politics ⓘ
media influence on elections ⓘ
political patronage ⓘ
filmingFormat 35 mm ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
political film ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Frank Skeffington ⓘ
hasSetting fictional New England city ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
medium black-and-white film ⓘ
narrativeFocus aging mayor’s final reelection campaign ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf American political cinema ⓘ
portrays urban American politics ⓘ
producer John Ford ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures ⓘ
releaseDecade 1950s ⓘ
releaseYear 1958 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 121 ⓘ
screenwriter Frank S. Nugent ⓘ
setInPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
starring Anna Lee ⓘ
Basil Rathbone ⓘ
Dianne Foster ⓘ
Donald Crisp ⓘ
Edward Brophy ⓘ
James Gleason ⓘ
Jane Darwell ⓘ
Jeffrey Hunter ⓘ
John Carradine ⓘ
Pat O’Brien ⓘ
Spencer Tracy ⓘ
Wallace Ford ⓘ

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Michael O'Herlihy → notableWork → The Last Hurrah ⓘ
Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali → billedAs → The Last Hurrah ⓘ
The Last Hurrah → basedOn → The Last Hurrah (novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Last Hurrah