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UNITED STATES · 1958

All the King's Men

Sidney Lumet
political corruption power and ambition Southern politics moral decline populism
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Synopsis

The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana, based upon the Robert Penn Warren-novel.

Year1958
CountryUnited States
DirectorSidney Lumet
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