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| Spencer Tracy | Mayor Frank Skeffington |
| Jeffrey Hunter | Adam Caulfield, Journalist and Skeffington's Nephew |
| James Gleason | 'Cuke' Gillen, Skeffington Crony |
| Dianne Foster | Mave Caulfield |
| Pat O'Brien | John Gorman, Skeffington Crony |
| Basil Rathbone | Norman Cass, Sr., Banker |
| Donald Crisp | His Eminence Cardinal Martin Burke |
| Edward Brophy | 'Ditto' Boland, Skeffington Crony |
| John Carradine | Amos Force, Newspaper Publisher/Managing Editor |
| Willis Bouchey | Roger 'Sir Roger' Sugrue |
| Basil Ruysdael | Bishop Gardner |
| Ricardo Cortez | Sam Weinberg |
| Wallace Ford | Charles J. Hennessey (mayoral candidate) |
| Frank McHugh | Festus Garvey |
| Anna Lee | Gert Minihan |
| Jane Darwell | Delia Boylan |
| Frank Albertson | Jack Mangan |
| Charles B. Fitzsimons | Kevin McCluskey (uncredited) |
| Carleton Young | Winslow |
| Bob Sweeney | Johnny Degnan |
| Edmund Lowe | Johnny Byrne (uncredited) |
| William Leslie | Dan Herlihy |
| Ken Curtis | Monsignor Killian |
| O.Z. Whitehead | Norman Cass Jr. |
| Arthur Walsh | Frank Skeffington Jr. |
| Helen Westcott | Mrs. McCluskey (uncredited) |
| Ruth Warren | Ellen Davin (uncredited) |
Based on the novel by Edwin O'Connor, this political drama focuses on Frank Skeffington, an aging mayor who is embarking on his final campaign for reelection. Aided by his nephew, Adam Caulfield, and savvy strategist John Gorman, Skeffington faces considerable challenges as the political landscape that he knows slowly crumbles away, but, undaunted, he remains determined to stay in the game a bit longer.
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