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Status
Released
Release
1949
Runtime
1h 49m
Available options inUS
"He Might Have Been A Pretty Good Guy . . . If Too Much Power . . . And Women . . . Hadn't Gone To his Head !"
A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.
83 Cast Members
John Ireland
Jack Burden
Broderick Crawford
Willie Stark
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
Raymond Greenleaf
Judge Monte Stanton
Walter Burke
Sugar Boy
Will Wright
Dolph Pillsbury
Grandon Rhodes
Floyd McEvoy
Marshall Bradford
Senator (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Man Listening to Speech (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
Senator (uncredited)
Stephen Chase
Puckett (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Man Tearing Down Poster (uncredited)
James Conaty
Party Guest (uncredited)
Roy Darmour
Politician at Harrison's Headquarters (uncredited)
