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)
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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
![Richard Hale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/337/159337634_557270.jpg)
Richard Hale
USA
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Julius Caesar (1953)
![Sam Ash](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789781_d8507f.jpg)
Sam Ash
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Charles Sherlock
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
Chet Brandenburg
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
White Heat (1949)
![Nolan Leary](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/888/159888876_e3ce6d.jpg)
Nolan Leary
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Easter Parade (1948)
![George Morrell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/194/160194063_d8b8d7.jpg)
George Morrell
USA
Best movies:
Texas (1941)
Albuquerque (1948)
I Shot Jesse James (1949)
Larry Steers
USA
Best movies:
The Gold Rush (1925)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Wilbur Mack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011778_cc37d0.jpg)
Wilbur Mack
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
James Conaty
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Jack Evans
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Texas (1941)
All the King's Men (1949)
![Stanley Blystone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/007/160007033_598bc7.jpg)
Stanley Blystone
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
The Circus (1928)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![William Tannen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/160/160160352_bf4539.jpg)
William Tannen
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Love Crazy (1941)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
![Walter Burke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/160/160160369_35906d.jpg)
Walter Burke
USA
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1968)
Mystery Street (1950)
Stephen Chase
USA
Best movies:
Desire (1936)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
![Frank Hagney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/209/160209542_2e8277.jpg)
Frank Hagney
Australia
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Modern Times (1936)
The General (1926)
![Harry Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/346/160346073_c6f780.jpg)
Harry Wilson
UK
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
![Bill Wolfe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/347/160347891_62c6f8.jpg)
Bill Wolfe
USA
Best movies:
San Francisco (1936)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Way Out West (1937)
![Paul Maxey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/400/160400840_077943.jpg)
Paul Maxey
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
The Big Heat (1953)
![Grandon Rhodes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/406/160406543_5b1604.jpg)
Grandon Rhodes
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
White Heat (1949)
Storm Warning (1951)
![Katherine Warren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/479/161479889_3910ab.jpg)
Katherine Warren
USA
Best movies:
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
The Country Girl (1954)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)