All the King's Men
1949 film by Robert Rossen · Released 1950
All the King's Men is a 1949 American political drama film noir written, produced, and directed by Robert Rossen. It is based on Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1946 novel. It stars Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, and Joanne Dru. The film centers on the rise and fall of Willie Stark (Crawford), an idealistic but ruthless politician in the American South, patterned after Louisiana Governor Huey Long.
Cast ages at release (1950)
- Broderick Crawford, as Willie Stark: 38–39
- John Ireland, as Jack Burden: 35–36
- Joanne Dru, as Anne Stanton: 27–28
- John Derek, as Tom Stark: 23–24
- Mercedes McCambridge, as Sadie Burke: 33–34
- Shepperd Strudwick, as Adam Stanton: 42–43
- Anne Seymour, as Mrs: 40–41
- Ralph Dumke, as Tiny Duffy: 50–51
- Richard Hale, as Hale: 57–58
- Will Wright, as Dolph Pillsbury: 58–59
- Katherine Warren, as Mrs: 44–45
- Walter Burke, as Sugar Boy: 41–42
- Houseley Stevenson, as Mr. Madison: 70–71
- Grandon Rhodes, as Floyd McEvoy: 45–46