All the King's Men (1999 film)

All the King's Men
Directed byJulian Jarrold
Written byAlma Cullen
Based onThe Vanished Battalion
1992 book
by Nigel McCrery
Produced byGareth Neame
Nigel McCrery
StarringDavid Jason
Maggie Smith
David Troughton
CinematographyDavid Odd
Edited byChris Gill
Music byAdrian Johnston
Distributed byBBC
Release date
  • 14 November 1999 (1999-11-14)
Running time
110 min.
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

All the King's Men is a British World War I television drama by the BBC starring David Jason, first broadcast on Remembrance Sunday, 14 November 1999. The film derives its title from a line in the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme and is based on a 1992 book, The Vanished Battalion by the film's co-producer, Nigel McCrery.