Title | : | All the King's Men |
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Release | : | 2006 |
Rating | : | 6.2 |
Language | : | English |
Runtime | : | 128 |
Genre | : | Drama,Thriller |
In the 50's, in Louisiana, the smart populist, manipulative and wolf hick Willie Stark is elected governor with the support of the lower social classes. He joins a team composed of his bodyguard and friend Sugar Boy; the journalist from an aristocratic family Jack Burden; the lobbyist Tiny Duffy; and his mistress Sadie Burke, to face the opposition of the upper classes. When the influent Judge Irwin supports a group of politicians in their request of impeachment, Stark assigns Jack to find some dirtiness along the life of Irwin, leading to a tragedy in the end.
Steven Zaillian (screenplay), Robert Penn Warren (novel)