Fresh
It is one of the most vital and honest films to come out of Hollywood in a long time.
Kate Cameron, New York Daily News
All the King's Men
He Might Have Been A Pretty Good Guy . . . If Too Much Power . . . And Women . . . Hadn't Gone To his Head !
1949 · 1h 49m · Approved
Drama
Directed by
Robert Rossen
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All the King's Men
Overview
A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.
Director and cast
- Robert Rossen Director
- John Ireland as Jack Burden
- Broderick Crawford as Willie Stark
- Joanne Dru as Anne Stanton
- John Derek as Tom Stark
- Mercedes McCambridge as Sadie Burke
- Shepperd Strudwick as Adam Stanton
- Ralph Dumke as Tiny Duffy
- Anne Seymour as Mrs. Lucy Stark
- Katherine Warren as Mrs. Burden
- Raymond Greenleaf as Judge Monte Stanton
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A poisonous political process from our not-so-distant past dominates Robert Rossen's classic film about the rise of a Southern demagogue.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh
It is a film that vividly impresses, with dramatic sureness the chicanery of politics as have been practiced in the past and may crop up again.
William Brogdon, Variety
Fresh
A fine adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer novel.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Rotten
Today, its realism seems bland, its moralizing forced.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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