When Huey P. Long was
Governor and then Senator of the State of Louisiana, his rhetoric was socialist, with talk of sharing the wealth and taxing the rich, yet his style was highly authoritarian and personalised. Flanked by State troopers wherever he went, he made no secret of his contempt for the accepted norms of administration.
Russell Davies presents a documentary about the life and times of the 'Kingfish'. With Russell Long
John McKeithen , Cecil Morgan and Colonel Philemon St Amant Producer DAVID PERRY