Drama
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
Directed by
John Ford
Dianne Foster
Mave Caulfield
James Gleason
Cuke Gillen
John Carradine
Amos Force
Ken Curtis
Monsignor Killian
Jeffrey Hunter
Adam Caulfield
Pat O’Brien
John Gorman
Roy Jenson
Fighter (uncredited)
Spencer Tracy
Mayor Frank Skeffington
James Flavin
Police Capt. Michael J. Shanahan (uncredited)
Richard Deacon
Graves (uncredited)
Basil Rathbone
Norman Cass Sr.
Harry Lauter
Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
Edmund Lowe
Johnny Byrne (uncredited)
Richard Alexander
Mourner Given Cigar at Wake (uncredited)
Frank McHugh
Festus Garvey
Frank Sully
Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)
Carleton Young
Winslow
Anna Lee
Gert Minihan
Willis Bouchey
Roger Sugrue
William Henry
Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Jane Darwell
Delia
Chuck Hicks
Fighter (uncredited)
William Forrest
Tom - The Doctor (uncredited)
Frank Albertson
Jack Mangan
Ricardo Cortez
Sam Weinberg
Wallace Ford
Charlie Hennessey
Forbes Murray
Banker at Plymouth Club (uncredited)
Donald Crisp
The Cardinal
Edmund Cobb
Man (uncredited)
Charles Morton
Reporter (uncredited)
William Hudson
Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
Rand Brooks
Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
Edward Brophy
Ditto Boland
Gail Bonney
Woman (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Robert (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Man (uncredited)
William Leslie
Dan Herlihy
Philo McCullough
Politician (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
Plymouth Club Member (uncredited)
Basil Ruysdael
The Episcopal Bishop
Harold Miller
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Rally Marcher (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Charlie (uncredited)
Jimmy Murphy
Office Boy (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson
Man (uncredited)
O.Z. Whitehead
Norman Cass Jr.
Harry Strang
Harry (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Fred Aldrich
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell
Man (uncredited)
Richard Keene
Man (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Nurse (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
Managing Editor (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Man (uncredited)
John Bryant
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Crowd Member (uncredited)
Eve March
Neighbor (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Police Sgt. Rafferty (uncredited)
Joseph Forte
Managing Editor (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Man (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Banker at Plymouth Club (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Man (uncredited)
Helen Westcott
Mrs. McCluskey (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Caterer at Wake (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Plymouth Club Member (uncredited)
Ruth Warren
Ellen Davin (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
James Dime
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Arthur Walsh
Junior
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Political Rally Marcher (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
1st Man (uncredited)
Paul McVey
Banker (uncredited)
Joe McGuinn
2nd Man (uncredited)
John Roy
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Campaign Worker (uncredited)
Sol Murgi
Political Rally Marcher (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
Man (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
Political Rally Marcher (uncredited)
George Nardelli
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Julius Tannen
Mr. Kowalsky (uncredited)
John Deauville
Man (uncredited)
Phil Adams
Man (uncredited)
Alex Akimoff
Man (uncredited)
Leon Alton
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Don Anderson
Cop at Wake (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Bobette Bentley
1st Blonde (uncredited)
Steve Benton
Man (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Pete (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
Mourner at Burial (uncredited)
James J. Casino
Political Rally Marcher (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Reporter (uncredited)
George Chester
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
Charles Cirillo
Man (uncredited)
Richard Dale Clark
Man (uncredited)
Bud Cokes
Cop at Wake (uncredited)
Russell Custer
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Jack Deery
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
George DeNormand
Banker (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
Man (uncredited)
Mike Donovan
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
Clint Dorrington
Man (uncredited)
Mimi Doyle
Mamie Burns (uncredited)
Tommy Earwood
Gregory McClusky (uncredited)
Richard Elmore
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
Duke Fishman
Campaign Worker (uncredited)
George Ford
Man (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Banker at Plymouth Club (uncredited)
Helen Gereghty
Carmichael Sister (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Reporter (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Plymouth Club Member on Stairs (uncredited)
Ed Haskett
Banker at Plymouth Club (uncredited)
Jack Henderson
Man (uncredited)
Chuck Howard
Man (uncredited)
Charles Anthony Hughes
Man (uncredited)
William Janssen
Man (uncredited)
Rolan Jones
Man (uncredited)
Fred Kennedy
Man (uncredited)
Ann Kunde
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Webster Lagrange
Man (uncredited)
Johnny Leone
Man (uncredited)
Robert Levin
Jules Kowalsky (uncredited)
Robert Locke Lorraine
Political Rally Marcher (uncredited)
Edward McNally
Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Ernesto Molinari
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Bill Neff
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Brian O'Hara
Man (uncredited)
Joe Palma
Cop at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Emma Palmese
Woman at Enterance (uncredited)
Bob Perry
Man (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
Mourner at Burial (uncredited)
Paul Power
Banker at Plymouth Club (uncredited)
Fred Rapport
Man on Dais (uncredited)
Edward Rickard
Cop at Wake (uncredited)
Clete Roberts
Reporter (uncredited)
Molly Roden
Neighbor (uncredited)
Victor Romito
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Buck Russell
Man (uncredited)
Dick Ryan
Man (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Jordan Shelley
Man (uncredited)
Stephen Soldi
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
George Spaulding
Man (uncredited)
Bert Spencer
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
Anna Stein
Woman (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Phil Tully
Man (uncredited)
James Waters
Young Politician (uncredited)
Chalky Williams
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)

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