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{{Infobox television episode
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| series       = [[Kraft Television Theatre]]
| season       = 11
| episode      = 31/32
| production   =
| airdate      = {{Start date|1958|5|14}}<br>{{Start date|1958|5|21}}
| runtime      =
| writer       = [[Don Mankiewicz]] (teleplay), [[Robert Penn Warren]] (novel)
| director     = [[Sidney Lumet]]
| music        =
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| guests       = * [[Neville Brand]] as Willie Stark
* [[Maureen Stapleton]] as Sadie Burke
| prev         = ''The Outcasts of Poker Flat''
| next         = ''A Boy Called Ciske''
| episode_list =
}}
"'''All the King's Men'''" was an American [[television play]] broadcast in two parts by [[NBC]] on May 14 and 21, 1958, as part of the television series, ''[[Kraft Television Theatre]]''. It was written by [[Don Mankiewicz]] based on [[All the King's Men|the 1946 novel]] by [[Robert Penn Warren]]. [[Sidney Lumet]] was the director, and the cast was led by [[Neville Brand]] as Willie Stark and [[Maureen Stapleton]] as Sadie Burke.
==Plot==
Based on [[Robert Penn Warren]]'s 1946 novel, the production depicts the political rise of Willie Stark as he becomes governor and runs for the U.S. Senate.
==Cast==
The cast included performances by:
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* [[Neville Brand]] as Willie Stark
* [[Maureen Stapleton]] as Sadie Burke
* [[Fred J. Scollay]] as Jack Burden
* [[Nancy Marchand]] as Ann
* [[Richard Kiley]]
* [[Frank Conroy (actor)|Frank Conroy]] as The Judge
* [[Robert Emhardt]]
* [[William Prince (actor)|William Prince]]
* [[Tim Hovey]]
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==Production==
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==Reception==
[[Maureen Stapleton]] was nominated for an [[11th Primetime Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] for best single performance by an actress.
Stapleton and [[Neville Brand]] won the outstanding performance awards by an actress and actor at the [[1958 Sylvania Television Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Costigan Play Wins 4 Awards|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|author=Larry Wolters|date=January 23, 1959|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59913203/costigan-play-wins-4-awards/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Little Moon Of Alban, Author, Star, Win Top Sylvania Television Awards|newspaper=The Sacramento Bee (UPI story)|date=January 23, 1959|page=A13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59915869/sylvania-television-awards/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> The production was also nominated as the outstanding telecast of 1958, losing out to ''[[Little Moon of Alban (Hallmark Hall of Fame)|Little Moon of Alban]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Contenders Nominated For 1958 TV Awards|newspaper=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|date=January 10, 1958|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59976152/contenders-nominated/|via=[[newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Sidney Lumet}}
{{Robert Penn Warren}}
[[Category:1958 American television episodes]]
[[Category:1958 television plays]]
[[Category:Works about assassinations]]
[[Category:Kraft Television Theatre]]