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.

• Columbia Pictures
• Spencer Tracy
• Jeffrey Hunter
• Dianne Foster
• Pat O’Brien
• Basil Rathbone
• Donald Crisp
• James Gleason
• Edward Brophy