Directed by:
Byron HaskinScreenplay:
Dalton TrumboCinematography:
Hal MohrComposer:
Albert GlasserCast:
John Payne, William Bishop, Doe Avedon, John Rogers, Joe Flynn, Maurice Manson, Roy Roberts, Percy Helton, Charles Sullivan, Herb Vigran, Harold Miller (more)Plots(1)
Political corruption is vividly depicted as a ruthless WWI veteran takes almost complete control of a state with the help of a crooked lawyer. The film is enhanced by John Payne's persuasive performance as "The Boss." (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
John Payne
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
William Bishop
USA
Best movies:
The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
Doe Avedon
USA
Best movies:
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Love Streams (1984)
The High and the Mighty (1954)
John Rogers
UK
Best movies:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
To Each His Own (1946)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Joe Flynn
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Lover Come Back (1961)
Maurice Manson
Canada
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Wrong Man (1956)
The Chase (1966)
Roy Roberts
USA
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Percy Helton
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
Herb Vigran
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Airplane! (1980)
Harold Miller
USA
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Stafford Repp
USA
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The Harder They Fall (1956)
Strange Lady in Town (1955)
Shield for Murder (1954)
Jack Chefe
Russian Empire
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Miracle of Fatima (1952)
It Started with Eve (1941)
All About Eve (1950)
Robin Morse
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Stalag 17 (1953)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Rhys Williams
UK
Best movies:
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Tom Greenway
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Westward the Women (1951)
High Noon (1952)
Brick Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Love Crazy (1941)
Charles Horvath
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Spartacus (1960)
Sol Gorss
USA
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Spartacus (1960)
Fred Aldrich
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)