Willie Stark bliver en indflydelsesrig politiker, men undervejs bliver han lige så korrupt som dem, han i sin tid fordømte.
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Studio: Relativity Media, Phoenix Pictures, Rising Star Productions, Columbia Pictures, VIP Medienfonds 4
- Nøgleord: journalist, governor, corruption, based on novel or book, politics, blackmail, bodyguard, manipulation, louisiana, scandal, tragedy, mistress, aristocrat
- Cast: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Kate Winslet, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson