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All the King's Men

1949 film by Robert Rossen
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All the King's Men
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Summary

All the King's Men is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,156 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Picture[3], Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[4], Academy Award for Best Actor[5]
  • Director: Robert Rossen[6]
  • Screenwriter: Robert Rossen[7]
  • Composer: Louis Gruenberg[8]
  • Genre: drama film[9], film noir[10]
  • Based on: All the King's Men[11]
  • Cast member: Broderick Crawford[12], John Ireland[13], Joanne Dru[14], John Derek[15], Mercedes McCambridge[16], Shepperd Strudwick[17], Anne Seymour[18], Ralph Dumke[19], Richard Hale[20], Will Wright[21], Katherine Warren[22], Walter Burke[23], Houseley Stevenson[24], Grandon Rhodes[25]
  • Producer: Robert Rossen[26]
  • Production company: Columbia Pictures[27], Robert Rossen Productions[28]
  • Director of photography: Burnett Guffey[29]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[30]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[31]
  • Commons category: All the King's Men (1949 film)[32]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[33]
  • Review score: 8.2/10[34], 97%[35]
  • Color: black-and-white[36]
  • Country of origin: United States[37]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1950[38], August 7, 1950[39]
  • Distributed by: Columbia Pictures[40], Netflix[41]
  • Film editor: Al Clark[42]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[43], Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[44], Academy Award for Best Actor[45], Academy Award for Best Director[46], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[47], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[48], Academy Award for Best Picture[49]
  • Title: All the King's Men[50]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[51]
  • After a work by: Robert Penn Warren[52]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[53]

Why It Matters

All the King's Men has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

FAQs

What awards did All the King's Men receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Picture[3], Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[4], and Academy Award for Best Actor[5].

Related Entities

Broderick Crawford film Joanne Dru Mercedes McCambridge Netflix Robert Penn Warren Robert Rossen United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [11] ↑ . Swedish Film Database. wikidata.org.
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  22. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [5] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . oscars.org. Retrieved . oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Senechthon · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 50
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  2. 6w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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