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Midweek Cinema: All The King's Men

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A short season of Oscar-winning films to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Columbia Pictures.
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, assassinated in 1935. All The King's Men received an Academy Award in 1949 for the best film of the year, and Oscars went to Broderick Crawford (as best actor) and Mercedes McCambridge (as best supporting actress).

Films: page 13

Contributors

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
Adam Stanton:
Shepperd Strudwick
Source: Radio Times

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