Directed by:
Robert RossenScreenplay:
Robert RossenCinematography:
Burnett GuffeyCast:
Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, Joanne Dru, John Derek, Shepperd Strudwick, Ralph Dumke, Anne Seymour, Raymond Greenleaf, Paul Ford (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
A Huey Long-type political figure creates a following for himself among the "common" voters after being rejected by the organized party system. The film takes the point of view of a journalist who helps the politician make it to the big time by winning the governorship. But the power of high office eventually corrupts him and turns him into a controversial figure in the eyes of his onetime supporters. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Broderick Crawford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269236_d3ee3b.jpg)
Broderick Crawford
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Beau Geste (1939)
Scandal Sheet (1952)
![John Ireland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269237_90602b.jpg)
John Ireland
Canada
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
Wild in the Country (1961)
Red River (1948)
![Mercedes McCambridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/362/164362559_206e82.jpg)
Mercedes McCambridge
USA
Best movies:
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
The Exorcist (1973)
Giant (1956)
![Joanne Dru](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274059_b2b3c5.jpg)
Joanne Dru
USA
Best movies:
Red River (1948)
All the King's Men (1949)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
![John Derek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273944_47a051.jpg)
John Derek
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Scandal Sheet (1952)
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
![Shepperd Strudwick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677254_35bc0a.jpg)
Shepperd Strudwick
USA
Best movies:
A Place in the Sun (1951)
The Red Pony (1949)
All the King's Men (1949)
Ralph Dumke
USA
Best movies:
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
![Anne Seymour](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/405/405061_2fd456.jpg)
Anne Seymour
USA
Best movies:
Home from the Hill (1960)
Desire Under the Elms (1958)
All the King's Men (1949)
![Raymond Greenleaf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576485_9fc92b.jpg)
Raymond Greenleaf
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Wild in the Country (1961)
![Paul Ford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/407/158407048_64a037.gif)
Paul Ford
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Advise and Consent (1962)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
![Will Wright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000075_7a54d0.jpg)
Will Wright
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
![Frank Wilcox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000142_001f18.jpg)
Frank Wilcox
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
![Robert Karnes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162548_330b88.jpg)
Robert Karnes
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
![Mike Lally](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162588_4b5fd8.jpg)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
![Kenner G. Kemp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630545_8fe94b.jpg)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
![Jeffrey Sayre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162653_651df8.jpg)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
![Harold Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/975/160975967_38771f.jpg)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Donald Kerr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)