A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

POWER! He loved it! He took it raw in big gulpfuls … he liked the taste, the way it mixed with the bourbon and the sin in his blood!

The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a back-country jail and is the first to fall under his spell.

Date of release
1957-05-29
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (286)
Runtime
2h 5m
Genres
Drama
Director
Elia Kazan

Casting

  • Andy Griffith — Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
  • Patricia Neal — Marcia Jeffries
  • Anthony Franciosa — Joey DePalma
  • Walter Matthau — Mel Miller
  • Lee Remick — Betty Lou Fleckum
  • Percy Waram — General Haynesworth
  • Paul McGrath — Macey
  • Rod Brasfield — Beanie
  • Marshall Neilan — Senator Worthington Fuller
  • Alexander Kirkland — Jim Collier
  • Charles Irving — Mr. Luffler
  • Howard Smith — J.B. Jeffries

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