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• Hurrah For The Last Hurrah

  • Bart
  • 7/27/12

  Good movie with some similarities to Mayor Curley.Good acting,sad demise of political stalwart.Adam more like a son to Skeffington than his own son was.Great reunion of the Irish mafia.

• Superb film

  • Jarrod McDonald
  • 4/16/11

  I think what I like best is that we see many of John Ford's favorite character actors here. It's particularly fun to see Jane Darwell (THE GRAPES OF WRATH, MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, WAGON MASTER) as a woman at the funeral home and Anna Lee (HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY) as a friend of Tracy's character. This is a very good absorbing drama with some delightful bits of humor. Stays with you long after viewing.

• Last Hurrah

  • John Stump
  • 1/28/11

  This is the movie I recommend to young politicians and hope my foes have never seen. Makes me think of Purple Shamrocks and the number "576' All the best John Stump

• The Last Hurrah (1958)

  • James Higgins
  • 12/2/09

  Exceptional John Ford drama, helped immesurably by an incredible cast of veteran actors. Spencer Tracy is terrific as always. John Ford's direction is very subdued, giving the film a very interesting feel - it is never melodramatic. Nice black and white cinematography, well edited. Great pace.

• Classic politics and vintage Tracy!!

  • Lu Gronseth
  • 9/6/08

  The film begins with Mayor Frank Skeffington (Tracy) coming down the staircase of his large home and stopping to put a fresh flower in the vase under the picture of his deceased wife. He is soon joined in his large home office by his loyal staff who prepare him for the day's activities and getting ready to run for a fifth term. Soon he opens the door and one by one visits with the hundreds of people that have lined up outside his home to see him, a daily event. He's an old time politician, taking in every event in the city that concerns his people. He's got the people on his side but not the establishment whom he regularly 'blackmails' to get things done for 'his' people. They decide to go after him in this election and put up their own candidate backed by the local paper. It's a fresh, young man who knows how to use the 'new' medium called TV. What follows is classic Tracy with humor and drama as the contest turns into a horse race. The film is widely thought to be based on the life of Boston mayor James Curley. If you like Tracy, politics and a good story, this is worth the time. If, as they say, all politics is local, then this is a classic political film. Terrific acting by all involved and a heart wrenching ending. www.lusreviews.blogspot.com

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