USA,
1953, 88 min
Directed by:
Raoul WalshScreenplay:
Luther DavisCinematography:
Harry Stradling Sr.Composer:
Franz WaxmanCast:
James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis, Warner Anderson, John McIntire, Jeanne Cagney, Lon Chaney Jr., Frank McHugh, Larry Keating, Mickey Simpson (more)VOD (1)
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In the South, peddler marries school teacher and then starts on a whirlwind rise politically, using hysteria among cotton pickers and small-town folk as his device. His rise is halted when his crooked goings-on are exposed. Based on the novel by Adria Locke Langley. (official distributor synopsis)
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