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The Last Hurrah

DramaFilm & TelevisionSpencer Tracy
  • 1958

This Spencer Tracy film based on an Edwin O’Connor novel tracks a powerful New England mayor in his election campaign. Aware of the coming effects of television and radio in how people understand politics, he asks his sportswriter nephew for some help. The Vassar line is a bit hard to hear—it’s at 0:41.