Top billed cast

1. 

   Spencer Tracy

   Mayor Frank Skeffington

2. 

   Jeffrey Hunter

   Adam Caulfield

3. 

   Dianne Foster

   Mave Caulfield

4. 

   Pat O'Brien

   John Gorman

5. 

   Basil Rathbone

   Norman Cass Sr.

6. 

   Donald Crisp

   The Cardinal

7. 

   James Gleason

   Cuke Gillen

8. 

   Edward Brophy

   Ditto Boland

9. 

   John Carradine

   Amos Force

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-10-09

Spencer Tracy is very much in his element as the long established, ducking and diving, Irish-American city mayor who takes on the blue-blooded commercial powers-that-be in his un-named New England city led by industrialist "Cass" (Basil Rathbone). It plays a little to Irish-American stereotypes across the board - corruption abounds all over the shop; plenty of light hearted cons and arm-twisting being used for the public good and with a little healthy pocket-lining at the same time. A solid supporting cast led by Jeffrey Hunter (his nephew "Adam") with an on form James Gleason ("Cuke") and Don...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• husband wife relationship
• based on novel or book
• election campaign
• irish-american
• black humor
• politician
• family secrets
• class differences
• co-workers relationship
• uncle nephew relationship
• political satire
• town mayor
• usa politics
• mayoral campaign
• mayoral candidate
• social prejudice
• mayoral election