The longtime head of a powerful political machine is determined to win a fourth election and stay in power, despite challenges to his regime by young, dissatisfied opponents, and his worries that his age and his ill health may have an effect on the election's outcome.
Carroll O'Connor
Frank Skeffington
Leslie Ackerman
Prudy Cass
Burgess Meredith
Cardinal Burke
John Anderson
Amos Force
Dana Andrews
Roger Shanley
Jack Carter
Sam Weinberg
Mariette Hartley
Clare Gardiner
Patrick O'Neal
Norman Cass
Paul Picerni
Dr. Mike Santangelo
Patrick Wayne
Robert 'Bobby' Skeffington
Kitty Winn
Maeve Skeffington
Robert Brown
Nat Gardiner
