All the King's Men is a 1949 American FILM NOlR written, produced, and directed by Robert Rossen. It is based on the 1946 Robert Penn Warren novel of the same name. The film stars Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, and Joanne Dru. The plot focuses on the rise and fall of the ambitious and ruthless politician, Willie Stark (Crawford) in the American South. Though a fictional character, Stark strongly resembles Louisiana governor Huey Long.
The movie won three Academy Awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, the award for Best Actor, which went to Broderick Crawford, and the award for Best Supporting Actress, won by Mercedes McCambridge.
In 2001, "All the King's Men" was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
You can find out more about this movie from Wikipedia.
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Sérgio Luz
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Blind Devotion
It doesn't matter, if it is in Politics, Religion or some other different area, there's always a group interested in taking control, and for that it's necessary to build up followers. And followers are like zombies, who do not reflect but follow the wave as it goes. As long as a small group start to pay attention to what someone says without any critical position, the scenario is ready for another leader to emerge and take with him all he can. The story has been told numerous times and likewise repeated in reality, as it is now.
