A film by Robert Rossen
w/ Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru
The rise and fall of a grass-roots rural politician who eventually becomes mired in the sort of political corruption he vehemently railed against on his way to the governor's mansion. Broderick Crawford portrays Willie Stark, who, once he is elected, finds that his vanity and power lust prove to be his downfall. The film is based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Robert Penn Warren.
The song remains the same 75 years later. It’s a fascinating study on the type of firebrands that dominate politics.
Mark Johnson
Awards Daily
It has the sort of excitement to interest the most escapist-minded of picturegoers. It has the sharp delineations of characters that fascinate those whose hobby is people. And it is an immensely provocative political document.
Richard L. Coe
Washington Post
w/ Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru
The rise and fall of a grass-roots rural politician who eventually becomes mired in the sort of political corruption he vehemently railed against on his way to the governor's mansion. Broderick Crawford portrays Willie Stark, who, once he is elected, finds that his vanity and power lust prove to be his downfall. The film is based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Robert Penn Warren.
The song remains the same 75 years later. It’s a fascinating study on the type of firebrands that dominate politics.
Mark Johnson
Awards Daily
It has the sort of excitement to interest the most escapist-minded of picturegoers. It has the sharp delineations of characters that fascinate those whose hobby is people. And it is an immensely provocative political document.
Richard L. Coe
Washington Post
