Willie Stark is an ordinary man, demanding that crooked politicians and shady businessmen in Louisiana be held accountable for the collapse of a poorly built school. Urged to run for Governor, Stark, finds his voice as a charismatic man of the people. He befriends a young idealistic journalist, Jack Burden, who eventually ends up working for him. Burden begins to question his own morality and Stark's transformation into an inflexible leader that will...