Overview
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.
Cast
- Spencer Tracy as Mayor Frank Skeffington
- Jeffrey Hunter as Adam Caulfield
- Dianne Foster as Mave Caulfield
- Pat O'Brien as John Gorman
- Basil Rathbone as Norman Cass Sr.
- Donald Crisp as The Cardinal
- James Gleason as Cuke Gillen
- Edward Brophy as Ditto Boland
- John Carradine as Amos Force
- Willis Bouchey as Roger Sugrue