The Last Hurrah with Spencer Tracy: DVD Cover

    The Last Hurrah Director: John Ford Cast: Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien

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    • DVD Release Date: 10/19/1999
    • Original Release: 1958
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 8,810
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    Digitally Mastered Audio & Anamorphic Video; Production Notes; Interactive Menus; Language: English (Mono); Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai; Theatrical Trailers; Scene Selections; Full Screen and Widescreen Formats

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    Scene Index

    Side #1-Widescreen
    0. Scene Selections
    1. Start [1:44]
    2. A New England City [3:15]
    3. Candidates & Nebbishes [2:49]
    4. Amos Force [3:01]
    5. A Proposition [5:57]
    6. "My Mother's Crime." [3:39]
    7. The Rally [1:58]
    8. Junior [2:44]
    9. Mr. Kevin McLuskey [2:46]
    10. "I Was Born Here." [1:54]
    11. Knocko's Wake [19:47]
    12. Loan Refusal [2:25]
    13. The Plymouth Club [7:40]
    14. New Fire Commissioner [5:29]
    15. Outright Blackmail [4:18]
    16. A Fine American Boy [3:45]
    17. The Bishop Says No [2:19]
    18. Torchlight Parade [1:13]
    19. Family Dinner [2:42]
    20. Election Day [2:38]
    21. Headquarters [2:58]
    22. First Returns [2:06]
    23. Ward 17, Complete [1:22]
    24. Tsouris [5:46]
    25. Victorious In Defeat [5:43]
    26. Heart Attack [10:37]
    27. Goodbyes [8:03]
    28. "Like Hell I Would!" [2:10]
    Side #2-Full Screen
    0. Scene Selections
    1. Start [1:44]
    2. A New England City [3:15]
    3. Candidates & Nebbishes [2:49]
    4. Amos Force [3:01]
    5. A Proposition [5:57]
    6. "My Mother's Crime." [3:39]
    7. The Rally [1:58]
    8. Junior [2:44]
    9. Mr. Kevin McLuskey [2:46]
    10. "I Was Born Here." [1:54]
    11. Knocko's Wake [19:47]
    12. Loan Refusal [2:25]
    13. The Plymouth Club [7:40]
    14. New Fire Commissioner [5:29]
    15. Outright Blackmail [4:18]
    16. A Fine American Boy [3:45]
    17. The Bishop Says No [2:19]
    18. Torchlight Parade [1:13]
    19. Family Dinner [2:42]
    20. Election Day [2:38]
    21. Headquarters [2:58]
    22. First Returns [2:06]
    23. Ward 17, Complete [1:22]
    24. Tsouris [5:46]
    25. Victorious In Defeat [5:43]
    26. Heart Attack [10:37]
    27. Goodbyes [8:03]
    28. "Like Hell I Would!" [2:10]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Spencer Tracy stars in John Ford's sentimental adaptation of Edwin O'Connor's novel about the final campaign of a big city mayor, loosely based upon the life of Boston politician James Curley. Tracy is Frank Skeffington, the political boss of an Eastern city dominated by Irish-Americans. Skeffington tries to assist the people of the city and avoids cutting political deals with the power elite. But despite his concern for the people, Skeffington has no friends, just flunkies. The Mayor is greatly admired by his idealistic nephew Adam Caulfield (Jeffrey Hunter), who writes for an opposition newspaper run by Amos Force (John Carradine). When Skeffington needs money for a loan, he asks the powerful banker Norman Cass (Basil Rathbone), but Cass steadfastly refuses. In retaliation, Skeffington appoints Cass's retarded son as an interim fire commissioner. To prevent his son from disgracing the family, Cass agrees to the bank loan. But Cass uses his deep pockets to finance the opposition's candidate for mayor. Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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    July 23, 2004: 'The Last Hurrah' follows the exploits of mayor, Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy). He?s running for a third term but meets with great opposition from the city council, who don't appreciate his strong-arm tactics and chronic meddling in their affairs. The pack of detractors is led by Norman Cass Sr. (Basil Rathbone), whose youthful incumbent for the post of mayor, Kevin McCluskey (Charles B. Fitzsimmons) seems an impossible long shot. But Skeffington is not above dishing a little dirt of his own on the side. He uses incriminating photos of Cass?s simpleton son, Norman Jr. (O.Z. Whitehead) to blackmail Cass Sr. into relative submission. Skeffington also gingerly berates the elements of city council opposing him, including news paper editor, Amos Force (John Carradine) to whom Skeffington?s nephew, Adam Caufield (Jeffrey Hunter) is an employee and sometimes unwilling observer. As Skeffington, Tracy is pure dynamite, delving out equal portions of brutality and kindness in a tour de force performance that quite easily might be his best! There are plenty of finely wrought cameos to go around, including Jane Darwell?s crotchety spinster, Anna Lee?s subtle and tender performance as the widow and Donald Crisp?s stoic turn as His Eminence, Cardinal Burke. This is one heck of a good show! Instituted into the pipeline before Columbia's penny-pinching regime kicked in, 'The Last Hurrah' has had admirable work done on its transfer before being minted to DVD. The gray scale is excellent and the anamorphic widescreen version of the movie is very nicely rendered with fine detail, solid blacks and contrast levels. There is a definite grain structure to this film but it will not distract from the performances. There are no compression related artifacts. The audio is MONO and nicely rendered. There are, unfortunately, NO EXTRAS!