Directed by Robert Rossen   Written by Robert Penn Warren   Robert Rossen   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 ... Lucy Stark Katherine Warren ... Mrs. McEvoy (as Katharine Warren) Raymond Greenleaf ... Judge Monte Stanton Walter Burke ... Sugar Boy Will Wright ... Dolph Pillsbury Grandon Rhodes ... Floyd McEvoy Uncredited Cast Beau Anderson ... Undetermined Role Sam Ash ... Undetermined Role Richard Bartell ... State Legislator Mary Bear ... File Clerk Helena Benda ... Undetermined Role Stanley Blystone ... Undetermined Role Marshall Bradford ... Senator Chet Brandenburg ... Man Listening to Speech William Bruce ... Commissioner Al Cantor ... Football Player Wheaton Chambers ... Senator Edwin Chandler ... Radio Announcer Stephen Chase ... Puckett Tom Coleman ... Man Tearing Down Poster James Conaty ... Party Guest William Cottrell ... Reporter Kenneth Cutler ... Undetermined Role Roy Darmour ... Politician at Harrison's Headquarters Jack Deery ... Man at Impeachment Hearing Earle S. Dewey ... Joe Harrison King Donovan ... Reporter Jack Evans ... Undetermined Role George Farmer ... Bus Man Charles Ferguson ... Newspaper Office Worker Tom Ferrandini ... Politician Robert Filmer ... Editor Paul Ford ... Spokesman for Impeachment Ted French ... Dance Caller Jack Gargan ... Undetermined Role Slim Gaut ... Man Listening to Speech John Giles ... Young Boy Dick Gordon ... Politician Jack Gordon ... Undetermined Role Avery Graves ... Senator William E. Green ... Senator Charles Haefeli ... Man in Cheap Bar Frank Hagney ... Stark Strong-Arm Man Richard Hale ... Richard Hale Bert Hanlon ... Editor Sam Harris ... Politician Judd Holdren ... Politician Jimmie Horan ... Man Listening to Speech Robert Karnes ... Legislator Kenner G. Kemp ... Legislator Donald Kerr ... Spectator Tom Kingston ... Undetermined Role Mike Lally ... Undetermined Role Nolan Leary ... Senator James Linn ... Politician Louis Mason ... Minister Paul Maxey ... Local Chairman Frank McLure ... Doctor Walter Merrill ... Man in City Bar H.C. Miller ... Pa Stark Harold Miller ... Speaker of the House John 'Skins' Miller ... Drunk at Football Game Bob Milton ... Undetermined Role George Morrell ... Undetermined Role Truett Myers ... Minister at Funeral Frank O'Connor ... Party Guest Pat O'Malley ... Politician Charles Perry ... Undetermined Role Jeffrey Sayre ... Party Guest Sammy Shack ... Duffy Associate Charles Sherlock ... Politician at Harrison's Headquarters Leslie Sketchley ... Undetermined Role Irving Smith ... Butler Ray Spiker ... Farmer Listing to Speech Helene Stanley ... Helene Hale Larry Steers ... Man at Impeachment Hearing Houseley Stevenson ... Madison Charles Sullivan ... Man Listening to Speech William Tannen ... Man in City Bar George Taylor ... Politician Al Thompson ... Man in Cheap Bar Glen Thompson ... State Trooper A.C. Tillman ... Sheriff Phil Tully ... Football Coach Glen Walters ... Woman Listening to Speech Reba Waterson ... Receptionist Frank Wilcox ... Public Relations Man Rhoda Williams ... Undetermined Role Harry Wilson ... One of Duffy's Goons Bill Wolfe ... Farmer Al Wyatt Sr. ... State Trooper Produced by Robert Rossen   Original Music by Louis Gruenberg

Additional Info Premiere: November 08, 1949 DVD Release: June 05, 2001 Blu-ray Release: March 11, 2014 Country: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Columbia Pictures (presents) Distributors Columbia Pictures   (1949) (USA) (theatrical) Columbia Pictures   (1958) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (1994) (USA) (VHS) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (1994) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (1996) (USA) (VHS) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment   (2001) (USA) (DVD) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2006) (USA) (DVD) RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video   (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Twilight Time   (2014) (World-wide) (Blu-ray) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.4 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #3,908 / 21,054 Site Ranking #3,904 200 Cigarettes (1999) #3,905 One Piece Film: Red (2022) #3,906 The Cursed (2021) #3,907 Once Bitten (1985) #3,908 All The King's Men (1949) #3,909 Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023) #3,910 A Very Murray Christmas (2015) #3,911 The Witch: Subversion (2018) #3,912 The Turning (2020)