Based on the career of Boston's controversial Irish-American mayor Jim Curley, a role that enables Spencer Tracy to dominate the rest of the cast, this John Ford film is an overlong but still strong political saga. Tracy is surrounded by a veritable council of distinguished veteran stars, among them Basil Rathbone, Pat O'Brien, Donald Crisp, Ricardo Cortez, James Gleason and John Carradine.
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