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

Mayor Frank Skeffington

Jeffrey Hunter

Adam Caulfield

Dianne Foster

Mave Caulfield

Pat O'Brien

John Gorman

Basil Rathbone

Norman Cass Sr.

Donald Crisp

The Cardinal

James Gleason

Cuke Gillen

Edward Brophy

Ditto Boland

John Carradine

Amos Force

Willis Bouchey

Roger Sugrue

Basil Ruysdael

The Episcopal Bishop

Ricardo Cortez

Sam Weinberg