All the King's Men (1949 film)

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All the King's Men is a 1949 film based on the Robert Penn Warren novel of the same name. It was directed by Robert Rossen and starred Broderick Crawford in the role of Willie Stark.

The film won Oscars for

• Best Picture - Robert Rossen, producer
• Best Actor - Broderick Crawford as Willie Stark
• Best Supporting Actress - Mercedes McCambridge as Sadie Burke

It was also nominated for

• Best Supporting Actor - John Ireland as Jack Burden
• Best Director - Robert Rossen
• Best Film Editing - Al Clark and Robert Parrish
• Best Writing, Screenplay - Robert Rossen

In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

A remake of the 1949 film is currently in production: All the King's Men (2006 film).

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