All The King's Men

Item: All The King's Men
Rating: 8
Author: Christopher Null

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"Excellent"

All The King's Men Review

By Christopher Null

Broderick Crawford is no Orson Welles, but this meditation on the underbelly of American politics is at least in the same league as Citizen Kane. Also a Best Picture winner, the film traces the rise of populist local hero Willie Stark, as he moves through the American political machine like a juggernaut, chewing up anything in his way. His compatriots (a newsman turned publicist, various lovelies and heavies) stick by him as Stark becomes corrupted en route to the top. The direction by Robert Rossen (The Hustler) isn't inspired, but he does get the job done with reasonable aplomb.

Facts and Figures

Year: 1949

Run time: 128 mins

In Theaters: Friday 22nd September 2006

Box Office Worldwide: $9.5M

Budget: $55M

Production compaines: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Relativity Media, Phoenix Pictures, VIP 4 Medienfonds, Rising Star

Reviews

Contactmusic.com: 4 / 5

IMDB: 6.2 / 10

Cast & Crew

Director: Robert Rossen

Producer: Robert Rossen

Screenwriter: Robert Rossen

Starring: Sean Penn as Willie Stark, Jude Law as Jack Burden, Kate Winslet as Anne Stanton, James Gandolfini as Tiny Duffy, Patricia Clarkson as Sadie Burke, Mark Ruffalo as Adam Stanton, Anthony Hopkins as Judge Irwin, Kathy Baker as Mrs. Burden, Jackie Earle Haley as Roderick "Sugar Boy" Ellis, Travis Champagne as Tom Stark, Connor Fox as Tennis Boy, Montgomery John as Adam Stanton, Age 11