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The Sunday Film: Robert Rossen's All the King's Men

BBC One
on BBC One London

Starring Broderick Crawford, John Ireland with Mercedes McCambridge, Joanne Dru

Idealist Willie Stark is elected Governor of a Mid-Western state, but the corruption he campaigned against soon threatens his own administration. Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Robert Penn Warren, it is reputedly based on the career of Huey Long, the Governor of Louisiana, who was assassinated in 1935. Robert Rossen received an Academy Award for this the best film of the year, and Oscars went to Broderick Crawford (as best actor) and Mercedes McCambridge (as best supporting actress).

Contributors

Based on a novel by:
Robert Penn Warren
Writer/Producer/Director:
Robert Rossen
Willie Stark:
Broderick Crawford
Jack Burden:
John Ireland
Anne Stanton:
Joanne Dru
Sadie Burke:
Mercedes McCambridge
Mrs Stark:
Anne Seymour
Tom Stark:
John Derek
Source: Radio Times

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