All the King's Men vs A Lion is in the Streets
All the King's Men vs A Lion is in the Streets
" All the King's Men " is now playing on TCM, and of course it is a ficionalized profile of Huey Long. " A Lion in the Steets " is another fictionalized bio of the life and times of the late Senator and Governor, starring Jimmy Cagney, and directed by Raoul Walsh. Both films, to me, are disappointments.
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I'd read the Robert Penn Warren book decades ago, but probably didn't understand much of it then. I watched most of the film and was very impressed with Broderick Crawford and especially Mercedes McCambridge. Has Ms. McCambridge ever played a character who wasn't driven by rage?
I saw A Lion is in the Streets years ago and, not surprisingly relished Cagney's performance, but found the film overall was not as strong as All the King's Men.
I saw A Lion is in the Streets years ago and, not surprisingly relished Cagney's performance, but found the film overall was not as strong as All the King's Men.