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.
Spencer Tracy | Frank Skeffington |
Jeffrey Hunter | Adam Caulfield |
Dianne Foster | Mave Caulfield |
Pat O’Brien | John Gorman |
Basil Rathbone | Norman Cass, Sr. |
Donald Crisp | Cardinal Martin Burke |
James Gleason | 'Cuke' Gillen |
Edward Brophy | 'Ditto' Boland |
John Carradine | Amos Force |
Willis Bouchey | Roger Sugrue |
Basil Ruysdael | Bishop Gardner |
Ricardo Cortez | Sam Weinberg |