Follow the career of ruthless politician Willie Stark, a country lawyer whose idealism is overcome by his lust for power. Loosely based on the life of Huey Long, the powerful governor of Louisiana in the 1930s. Audie Award finalist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The movie stars Sean Penn. "Emerson's performance brings the characters to life with verve and personality... [His] reading does justice to a great work."—AudioFile