Tag: Robert Rossen

  • The Hustler (1961)

    The Hustler is a straightforward morality play, but told with a lean intensity that pushes it into the realm of classic cinema. It helped that the 1961 picture featured a slew of great acting performances, particularly a superstar-making turn by Paul Newman. Based on a 1959 novel by Walter Tevis, The Hustler follows Fast Eddie…

  • All the King’s Men (1949)

    All the King’s Men catapulted Broderick Crawford from character actor to movie stardom, and rightly so. As fire-breathing demagogue Willie Stark, the indelible performance earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor.  His portrayal dominates the film. Adapted from Robert Penn Warren‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 novel and loosely based on the life of legendarily corrupt Louisiana…