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
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Beau Geste (1939)
Scandal Sheet (1952)
John Ireland
Canada
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
Wild in the Country (1961)
Red River (1948)
Mercedes McCambridge
USA
Best movies:
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
The Exorcist (1973)
Giant (1956)
Joanne Dru
USA
Best movies:
Red River (1948)
All the King's Men (1949)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
John Derek
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Scandal Sheet (1952)
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
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
USA
Best movies:
Home from the Hill (1960)
Desire Under the Elms (1958)
All the King's Men (1949)
Raymond Greenleaf
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Wild in the Country (1961)
Paul Ford
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Advise and Consent (1962)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Will Wright
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Frank Wilcox
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
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
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
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
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)