John Ford Director, Producer Spencer Tracy Mayor Frank Skeffington Actor Jeffrey Hunter Adam Caulfield, Journalist and Skeffington's Nephew Actor James Gleason 'Cuke' Gillen, Skeffington Crony Actor Dianne Foster Mave Caulfield Actor Pat O'Brien John Gorman, Skeffington Crony Actor Basil Rathbone Norman Cass, Sr., Banker Actor Donald Crisp His Eminence Cardinal Martin Burke Actor Edward Brophy 'Ditto' Boland, Skeffington Crony Actor John Carradine Amos Force, Newspaper Publisher, Managing Editor Actor Willis Bouchey Roger 'Sir Roger' Sugrue Actor Basil Ruysdael Bishop Gardner Actor Ricardo Cortez Sam Weinberg Actor Wallace Ford Charles J. Hennessey (mayoral candidate) Actor Frank McHugh Festus Garvey Actor Anna Lee Gert Minihan Actor Jane Darwell Delia Boylan Actor Frank Albertson Jack Mangan Actor Charles B. Fitzsimons Kevin McCluskey (uncredited) Actor Carleton Young Winslow Actor Bob Sweeney Johnny Degnan Actor Edmund Lowe Johnny Byrne (uncredited) Actor William Leslie Dan Herlihy Actor Ken Curtis Monsignor Killian Actor O.Z. Whitehead Norman Cass Jr. Actor Arthur Walsh Frank Skeffington Jr. Actor Helen Westcott Mrs. McCluskey (uncredited) Actor Ruth Warren Ellen Davin (uncredited) Actor Frank S. Nugent Screenwriter Edwin O'Connor Writer Mischa Bakaleinikoff Non-Original Music George Duning Non-Original Music Cyril J. Mockridge Non-Original Music Arthur Morton Non-Original Music Paul Sawtell Non-Original Music Charles Lawton Jr. Cinematographer Jack Murray Film Editing Robert Peterson Art Director William Kiernan Set Decoration