All the King's Men | 
 enlarge | Director: Robert Rossen
Actors: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, John Derek, Mercedes Mccambridge
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 25563
Format: Black & White, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 110
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D13052D
ISBN: 1404913769
UPC: 043396130524
EAN: 9781404913769
ASIN: B000BITV92
Theatrical Release Date: 1949
Release Date: September 5, 2006
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Writer-director Robert Rossen and character actors Broderick Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge (in her film debut) took home Oscars (for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress, respectively) for this excellent adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Crawford stars as Willie Stark, a charismatic populist Southern politician (inspired by the real Louisiana Governor Huey Long) who belies his "man of the people" roots as he ruthlessly maneuvers, lies, and deals his way into the halls of power. John Ireland is his right-hand man, Jack Burden, a newsman turned political flack who hangs on to Stark's early idealism even in the face of Stark's most reprehensible acts of corruption. McCambridge is Stark's cool mistress come calculating assistant. The immediacy of the drama is due in part to a documentary-like style, notably in the scenes on the campaign trail where Stark sways crowds with his folksy rhetoric and estimable charm. Joanne Dru and John Derek also costar. Rossen's savage screenplay and firm direction give the film a powerful punch, but it's Crawford's blustery charm and oversized performance that carry the picture. --Sean Axmaker
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 Willie Stark is more gutsy than Bush or Clinton March 9, 2008
Although this film is about corruption and politics, Willie Stark has
more 'guts' than anybody running today in the year, 2008.
And Sadie Burke(Mercedes McCambridge) could blow Hillary Clinton back
to Arkansas along with her wimpbag husband, Bill.
All said and done, this film is fantastic, better than the novel--too trashy, salty language(who needs it!)
Great cast, screenplay and director. John Ireland SHOULD have gotten
the OSCAR for best supporting actor--he could wipe the floor with Sadie and 'Ann'(Joanne Dru)both together. And a young John Derek was very good as the football player brother, Tom.
An excellent film. Didn't know about it until I saw it on TCM!
LOUISIANA LONGS FOR LONG February 20, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This film is seemingly an old black and white throwaway,hopelessly lost in time.Think again! This is a lightning paced multiple Academy Award winner that is really a timeless movie of both man and politics.Crawford gives the performance of his life portraying Willie Stark, whom everyone assumes is the long ago buried Huey Long, former governor of Louisiana. Enraged by backroom politics that cost him his first election, Stark appeals directly to the people,and never loses another election. In the process, he becomes what future president Truman labeled a law unto himself,someone who has put himself above the law,not an executor of it. The entire cast has sins, albeit McCambridge seems above the fray, calling things as she sees them (and winning an Oscar). If the ending is surprising, remember that politicians like Stark evoke strong, even beastial, feelings from the public. But it's a game that shows no signs of relenting, 59 years after the film's production.
 Didn't Do It For Me August 19, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This morality tale, based in large part, of course, on the rise and fall of Louisiana's Huey Long, seemed shallow to me and needed more in the way of an emphasis on the back room dealings that placed the abruptly corrupted Willie Stark in power. This was a film that rushed along without ever giving its characters time or room to develop. I didn't care about anyone in the movie, start to finish, and don't think this is the great classic it's regarded to be. As for the novel on which it's based, or the recent re-make, I haven't read or seen those, and hope they're a little better.
Powerful movie July 26, 2007
This was one one of the best movies I have ever seen. The acting is powerful and dramatic - and thoroughly believable. I had recently read the book and was worried the movie would not do justice to the book. I needn't have worried. The movie moved along at a fast pace and was very emotion packed. I recommend it to everyone!
The original All the King's Men June 21, 2007
Based on Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which fictionalized the life of murdered Louisiana governor Huey Long, Rossen's scathing portrait of corruption and abuse of power remains one of the most compelling films about political demagoguery in the Hollywood canon. At the center of it all is B-movie veteran Broderick Crawford, who would never again give the kind of all-or-nothing, powerhouse performance he did here, to the tune of an Oscar. Filmed on location in Stockton, CA, "Men" also won the 1949 Oscar for Best Picture and remains, sadly enough, as timely as ever.
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