Remake del film de Robert Rossen, que cuenta la rápida subida del político Willie Stark, y de como termina su carrera hundido en el fango.
 | Jude Law | Jack Burden |
 | Sean Penn | Willie Stark |
 | Patricia Clarkson | Sadie Burke |
 | Kate Winslet | Anne Stanton |
 | James Gandolfini | Tiny Duffy |
 | Mark Ruffalo | Adam Stanton |
 | Anthony Hopkins | Montague Irwin |
 | Kathy Baker | Burden |
 | Jackie Earle Haley | Sugar boy |
| Frederic Forrest | Padre de Willie |
| Talia Balsam | Lucy Stark |
| Eileen Ryan | Lily Littlepaugh |
| Michael Cavanaugh | Mrs. Peyton |
| Valerie Stodghill | Miss DuMonde |
| Lenka Peterson | Savannah Clerk |
| Tom Aldredge | Carruther |
| Kevin Dunn [I] | Alex |
