A Lion Is in the Streets
THE ROARING STORY OF A GIVE-AND-TAKE GUY! He took plenty from the chiselers...the crooks...and the tin-horns...and gave 'em nothing in return!
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9/23/1953Runtime
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A charismatic peddler from the Bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
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A slick, charismatic climber emerges from the Louisiana swamps to ride a wave of populist resentment into power, revealing the dark machinery of political ambition. The film crackles with dark energy as it traces his rise and the moral cost of getting what you want.
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James Cagney
Hank Martin
Barbara Hale
Verity Wade
Anne Francis
Flamingo McManamee
Warner Anderson
Jules Bolduc
John McIntire
Jeb Brown
Jeanne Cagney
Jennie Brown
Lon Chaney Jr.
Spurge McManamee
Frank McHugh
Frank Rector
Larry Keating
Robert L. Castleberry IV
Onslow Stevens
Guy Polli
James Millican
Samuel T. Beach
Mickey Simpson
Tim Beck, Blacksmith
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