---
title: 'The Last Hurrah (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Ford'
released: '1958-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 121
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-last-hurrah-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051845/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Last Hurrah (1958)

1958 · 121 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Last Hurrah is a 1958 American political satire film adaptation of the 1956 novel The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor. It was produced and directed by John Ford and stars Spencer Tracy as a veteran mayor preparing for yet another election campaign. Tracy was nominated as Best Foreign Actor by BAFTA and won the Best Actor Award from the National Board of Review, the latter which also presented Ford their award for Best Director.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford)
- **Producer:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford)
- **Screenplay:** [Frank S. Nugent](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-s-nugent), [Edwin O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-o-connor)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles Lawton Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lawton-jr)
- **Editor:** [Jack Murray](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-murray)

## Cast

- [Anna Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-lee)
- [Mae Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-marsh)
- [Basil Ruysdael](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-ruysdael)
- [James Gleason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-gleason)
- [Colin Kenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-kenny)
- [Tom Neal](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-neal)
- [Charles Trowbridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-trowbridge)
- [Donald Crisp](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-crisp)
- [Frank McHugh](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mchugh)
- [Ricardo Cortez](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricardo-cortez)
- [Oothout Zabriskie Whitehead](https://cinepixo.com/people/oothout-zabriskie-whitehead)
- [Basil Rathbone](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-rathbone)
- [Spencer Tracy](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-tracy)
- [Wallace Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-ford)
- [Harold Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-miller)

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