The Godfather Saga
1977
TV Film
The Godfather Saga
1977 · from the book by Mario Puzo
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Film
⏱ 2h 1m
The Last Hurrah
Based On the book by Edwin O'Connor
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. The film tells the story of Frank Skeffington, a sentimental but iron-fisted Irish-American who is the powerful mayor of an unnamed New England city.
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- 1958
- Spencer Tracy, Basil Rathbone, Jeffrey Hunter, Pat O'Brien, Donald Crisp
- United States
- English
Book vs Film
The Book · 1956
The Last Hurrah
Edwin O'Connor
The Film · 1958
The Last Hurrah
John Ford
★ 7.3 / 10
4,573 votes · IMDb
Reached the screen 2 years after publication.
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