The Best Picture of 1949 is…..”All the King’s Men.” This political drama movie is the story of the rise and fall of a politician patterned after the colorful Huey Long (1893-1935), Governor and U. S. Senator from Louisiana. Director-screenwriter Robert Rossen skillfully crafted this fast-moving drama adapted from the 1946 novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren.
Broderick Crawford literally carried this film playing Willie Stark (modeled after Long), who went from an honest local attorney and activist to statewide populist politician. Mercedes McCambridge was outstanding as his campaign director in her feature film debut. Crawford and McCambridge won the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. These two and Best Picture were the film’s three Oscar winners.
Co-stars include John Ireland, Joanne Dru, John Derrick, Sheppard Studwick, Ann Seymour, Ralph Dumke, Katherine Warren, Raymond Greenleaf, Walter Burke, Will Wright, Grandon Rhodes, Houseley Stevenson, and Paul Ford as a state senator. The very watchable “All the King’s Men” was a success in theatrical release for producer Robert Rossen and Columbia Pictures.
All the King’s Men (1949)
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The Best Picture of 1949 is…..”All the King’s Men.” This political drama movie is the story of the rise and fall of a politician patterned after the colorful Huey Long (1893-1935), Governor and U. S. Senator from Louisiana. Director-screenwriter Robert Rossen skillfully crafted this fast-moving drama adapted from the 1946 novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren.
Broderick Crawford literally carried this film playing Willie Stark (modeled after Long), who went from an honest local attorney and activist to statewide populist politician. Mercedes McCambridge was outstanding as his campaign director in her feature film debut. Crawford and McCambridge won the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. These two and Best Picture were the film’s three Oscar winners.
Co-stars include John Ireland, Joanne Dru, John Derrick, Sheppard Studwick, Ann Seymour, Ralph Dumke, Katherine Warren, Raymond Greenleaf, Walter Burke, Will Wright, Grandon Rhodes, Houseley Stevenson, and Paul Ford as a state senator. The very watchable “All the King’s Men” was a success in theatrical release for producer Robert Rossen and Columbia Pictures.