A double-dealing Southern politician brings about his own assassination. 1949 Best Picture Oscar(®).
All the King's Men
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In a bravura performance, Broderick Crawford won the 1949 Academy® Award for Best Actor with his stunning portrayal of bull-headed, backwoods lawyer Willie Stark, in this powerful drama about political and personal corruption. A somber but realistic chronicle of raw, brutal power in force, All The King's Men is based on Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. It was brought to the screen in 1949 by producer Robert Rossen who also wrote the screenplay and directed the film. The story was inspired by the rise and fall of southern bigwig Huey Pierce Long, the infamous "Kingfish" who was Louisiana's governor and one-time senator. Long's cunning tactics of building public works during the depression to serve his own needs more than those of his constituents eventually brought about his own assassination in 1935. A compelling story of a self-made, self-styled politician, it was politics that almost prevented Rossen from making All The King's Men in the first place when he was named by the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities in 1947 for having Communist sympathies. Rossen's denial of this to Columbia chief Harry Cohn enables him to continue work on the film; but his earlier radicalism eventually surfaced and Rossen made only one film (The Brave Bulls) in the next five years. Nonetheless, All The King's Men remains a hallmark political film with superb performances throughout. John Ireland garnered an Academy Award nomination for his role as Stark's tortured right-hand man, while Mercedes McCambridge won an Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actress as Sadie Burke, Stark's callous, conniving political aide. In addition, the film won an Academy Award for Best Picture along with nominations for Directing, Writing and Film Editing.
Cast and crew
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Robert Rossen
Director, Writer -
Broderick Crawford
Willie Stark -
John Ireland
Jack Burden -
Joanne Dru
Anne Stanton -
John Derek
Tom Stark -
Mercedes McCambridge
Sadie Burke -
Shepperd Strudwick
Adam Stanton -
Ralph Dumke
Tiny Duffy -
Anne Seymour
Lucy Stark -
Katherine Warren
Mrs. McEvoy -
Raymond Greenleaf
Judge Monte Stanton -
Walter Burke
Sugar Boy -
Will Wright
Dolph Pillsbury -
Grandon Rhodes
Floyd McEvoy -
Robert Penn Warren
Writer
Additional information
Directors
Robert RossenDirectors
Studio
Sony PicturesStudio
Subtitles
English (CC)Subtitles
Released year
1950Released year
Duration
1 h 49 minDuration
Genres
DramaGenres
Writers
Robert Penn WarrenRobert Rossen
Writers
Robert Rossen
Size
6.34 GB (1080p HD)3.28 GB (720p HD)
1.76 GB (SD)
Size
3.28 GB (720p HD)
1.76 GB (SD)
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