The resulting controversy only helped to fuel the film""s box-office appeal, and it became a major hit.The latest television news broadcasts spoke of violence in cities, including looting and killing, and smaller towns had become deserted ghost towns.He eventually escaped to Thailand and arrived in the US in 1980.[Note: Eleven years after winning his Oscar, Ngor was shot to death outside his apartment near Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.BackgroundAll he King""s Men(1949) is the fictionalized account of the rise and fall of a backwoods rebel - a story inspired by the rule (and abuse of power) of Louisiana""s colorful state governor (1928-32) and Democratic U.