Number One

Tyler Spotswood, an alcoholic campaign manager, helps elect a corrupt Southern politician to the U.S. Senate. When his boss, Chuck Crawford aka Number One, pins a scandal on Spotswood, Tyler is too drunk to blow the whistle. "Number One" draws many comparisons to Robert Penn Warren s "All the King s [...]
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Tyler Spotswood, an alcoholic campaign manager, helps elect a corrupt Southern politician to the U.S. Senate. When his boss, Chuck Crawford aka Number One, pins a scandal on Spotswood, Tyler is too drunk to blow the whistle. "Number One" draws many comparisons to Robert Penn Warren s "All the King s Men." Crawford reminds many of Louisiana politician Huey Long, a figure studied in person by Dos Passos."