Directed by:
John FordScreenplay:
Frank S. NugentCinematography:
Charles Lawton Jr.Cast:
Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien, Basil Rathbone, Donald Crisp, James Gleason, Edward Brophy, John Carradine, Willis Bouchey (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) is about to begin his fifth and likely last campaign for mayor of a city in New England. A champion of the poor and downtrodden (especially if they happen to be Irish), the mayor is not above a bit of corruption if it will bring them comfort, a policy that has earned the enmity of both the city's WASP faction and the clergy. The mayor's journalist nephew, Adam Caulfield (Jeffrey Hunter), accompanies him to a wake and observes the dual nature of the politician: He shamelessly works the crowd for support but later pressures grasping undertaker Johnny Degnan (Bob Sweeney) into reducing the exorbitant funeral costs. Upon hearing that some bankers have reneged on providing a loan for a slum clearance project, Skeffington bursts into their elitist private club and gives them hell. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Spencer Tracy
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Jeffrey Hunter
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Dianne Foster
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Pat O'Brien
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Basil Rathbone
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Donald Crisp
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James Gleason
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Edward Brophy
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John Carradine
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Ricardo Cortez
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Wallace Ford
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Frank McHugh
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Carleton Young
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Frank Albertson
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William Leslie
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Bob Sweeney
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Jane Darwell
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Edmund Lowe
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Tom Neal
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