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
Ken Curtis
Monsignor Killian
John Carradine
Amos Force
Jeffrey Hunter
Adam Caulfield
Chuck Hicks
Fighter (uncredited)
Richard Deacon
Graves (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
Fighter (uncredited)
Harry Lauter
Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey
Roger Sugrue
Basil Rathbone
Norman Cass Sr.
James Gleason
Cuke Gillen
Frank Albertson
Jack Mangan
Carleton Young
Winslow
Wallace Ford
Charlie Hennessey
Spencer Tracy
Mayor Frank Skeffington
Pat O’Brien
John Gorman
Donald Crisp
The Cardinal
Mae Marsh
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
Anna Lee
Gert Minihan
Rand Brooks
Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
James Flavin
Police Capt. Michael J. Shanahan (uncredited)
Dianne Foster
Mave Caulfield
Hank Mann
Man (uncredited)
William Henry
Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Man (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
William Forrest
Tom - The Doctor (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Man (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Political Rally Marcher (uncredited)
Frank Sully
Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
Plymouth Club Member (uncredited)
Jane Darwell
Delia
Michael Jeffers
Campaign Worker (uncredited)
Richard Alexander
Mourner Given Cigar at Wake (uncredited)
John Bryant
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Plymouth Club Member (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Robert (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Police Sgt. Rafferty (uncredited)
William Hudson
Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
Frank McHugh
Festus Garvey
Chet Brandenburg
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
Edward Brophy
Ditto Boland
Helen Westcott
Mrs. McCluskey (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Banker at Plymouth Club (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Harry (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell
Man (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Charlie (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Nurse (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Banker at Plymouth Club (uncredited)
Edmund Lowe
Johnny Byrne (uncredited)
Charles Morton
Reporter (uncredited)
O.Z. Whitehead
Norman Cass Jr.
Stuart Holmes
Man (uncredited)
Gail Bonney
Woman (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Politician (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Jimmy Murphy
Office Boy (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Crowd Member (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Caterer at Wake (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Rally Marcher (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
1st Man (uncredited)
Ricardo Cortez
Sam Weinberg
Basil Ruysdael
The Episcopal Bishop
James Dime
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Eve March
Neighbor (uncredited)
Paul McVey
Banker (uncredited)
George Nardelli
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Ruth Warren
Ellen Davin (uncredited)
Arthur Walsh
Junior
Hal K. Dawson
Managing Editor (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
Man at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson
Man (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Man (uncredited)
Joseph Forte
Managing Editor (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
Political Rally Marcher (uncredited)
William Leslie
Dan Herlihy
Sol Murgi
Political Rally Marcher (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
Man (uncredited)
John Roy
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
Joe McGuinn
2nd Man (uncredited)
Richard Keene
Man (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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