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Release Date:
7 August 1950 (Sweden)
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Tagline:
He Might Have Been A Pretty Good Guy . . . If Too Much Power . . . And Women . . . Hadn't Gone To his Head ! more
Plot:
The rise and fall of a corrupt politician, who makes his friends richer and retains power by dint of a populist appeal. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won 3 Oscars.
Another 11 wins
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7 nominations
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Top Ten Movies About U.S. Politics
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Geek Deal: Columbia Best Picture Collection for $60
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Geek Deal: Columbia Best Picture Collection for $60
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That's The Way To Handle Politics On Film
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Broderick Crawford | ... | Willie Stark |
 | John Ireland | ... | Jack Burden |
| Joanne Dru | ... | Anne Stanton |
| John Derek | ... | Tom Stark |
| Mercedes McCambridge | ... | Sadie Burke |
| Shepperd Strudwick | ... | Adam Stanton |
| Ralph Dumke | ... | Tiny Duffy |
| Anne Seymour | ... | Mrs. Lucy Stark |
| Katherine Warren | ... | Mrs. Burden (as Katharine Warren) |
| Raymond Greenleaf | ... | Judge Monte Stanton |
| Walter Burke | ... | Sugar Boy |
 | Will Wright | ... | Dolph Pillsbury |
| Grandon Rhodes | ... | Floyd McEvoy |
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109 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Sweden:15 |
Netherlands:AL (VHS rating) (1998) |
UK:A (original rating) (passed with cuts) |
UK:U (tv rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Canada:PG (video rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
UK:U (video rating) (1992) |
USA:Approved (MPAA rating: certificate #13747) |
West Germany:12
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The campaign montages were shot by Don Siegel.
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Continuity: In the locker room scene, the towel draped over Tom's shoulders keeps changing positions.
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Quotes:
Willie Stark:
Jack, there's something on everybody. Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption. He passes from the stink of the dydie to the stench of the shroud. There's ALWAYS something.
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Referenced in "HBO First Look: 'The Contender': The Making of a Political Thriller (#7.17)" (2000)
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You know what I really appreciated about this political story? The filmmakers went overboard NOT to paint the main character as either a Republican or Democrat, Conservative or Liberal. It winds up, then, being more a human-interest story. In other words, there was no political agenda....unlike most films, especially in the last 50 years.
At any rate, Broderick Crawford does an outstanding job portraying the self- proclaimed "hick" Willie Starks, who rises from nothing to become governor of a state and then gets carried away with power and ego.
Mercedes McCambridge is equally riveting as one of his aides. She was a great actress, one of the most intense females I've ever seen on film. I'm sorry she didn't achieve stardom and make more movies than she did. She certainly had the talent. In fact, she won an Academy Award for this performance.
John Ireland also does very well here as another person helping "Willie." Add some good cinematography and you have a fascinating film start-to-finish. I look forward to viewing it again.