A powerful indictment on political corruption in American life, with sizzling performances from Crawford and McCambridge. There are better Best Picture winners, but it's still an electrifying experience.

Time has not been kind to "All the King's Men," a movie that tries very hard to escape the boundaries set by its stage-to-screen adaptation. It does not succeed. Although the cast gives great performances, particularly Broderick Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge in Oscar-winning performances, but all the characters are thinly written. Time that could have been spent on character development are spent on endless montages chronicling plot points and doing very little to make this an interesting character study. Though perhaps quite riveting in its original release, it is quite familiar and rather dull by today's standards. Worth the watch for the performances and the occasional moments brilliance.

Quality movie about corruption in politics. Faces the question of do the means justify the ends.

Classical Hollywood cinema at its best. The plot is interesting and by letting the events run their course over several years, somehow this ends up feeling less constructed than most scripts. It's simply great storytelling.

The story is interesting, but could have been more engrossing I think. Crawford's character is a great example of a guy you root for at the beginning and root against at the end. The supporting roles were good also. Again I found myself wanting more conflict and amazing performances which seems to be a common complaint I have about older films. Maybe I've become too spoiled by modern great performances. Overall, All the King's Men is a pretty good film, but I don't know if I'd watch it again.

Admittedly tired during the viewing, but the depth of the images (had to check afterward to see if Gregg Toland was behind the camera; surprised that he wasn't) and Crawford's magnetic performance kept me alert.

"‎'Willie Stark is an aspiring, honest, politician who after election comes to believe that the end justifies the means; he becomes perhaps more corrupt then those he replaced. The effect on his wife, supporters, mistresses, their families and those in the community s is shown in a way that must have been challenging at the time of the films making."

Well written and acted.