All the King's Men (1949 film)
All the King's Men is a 1949 American political drama film written, produced, and directed by Robert Rossen. It is based on Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1946 novel of the same name. It stars Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, and Joanne Dru. The film centers on the rise and fall of an idealistic-but-ruthless politician in the American South, patterned after Louisiana Governor Huey Long.
Theatrical release poster
Broderick Crawford as Willie Stark in All the King's Men
Robert Rossen was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer whose film career spanned almost three decades.
Rossen c. 1960
The gravesite of Robert Rossen