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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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
political drama film
adaptationOf American political novel
adaptationType novel-to-film adaptation
authorOfSourceWork Edwin O’Connor
basedOn The Last Hurrah self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Last Hurrah (novel)
cinematographer Charles Lawton Jr.
composer Raymond Walburn
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: 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 NERFINISHED
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 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Last Hurrah (novel)