A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)

Directed by

Raoul Walsh

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A charismatic but ruthless traveling salesman uses his charm and cunning to rise to political power in the American South. The story follows his climb and the corruption that comes with it.

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What happens

A Lion Is in the Streets is a 1953 American political thriller drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, whose brother William was the producer and his younger sister Jeanne was a member of the cast. The screenplay is based on a 1945 book by Adria Locke Langley. The film has similarities to the 1949 film All the King's Men, with Cagney playing a Southern politician loosely based on Huey Long. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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