Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford) is a model politician, until he's corrupted by the very system he tries to reform. Based on the cautionary Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (which was in turn based on the life of populist, Depression-era Louisiana Governor Huey Long), the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1949. It won Best Picture, as well as Best Actor and Actress for Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge.

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