A Face in the Crowd
1957/05/29 • Released • English
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!
Overview
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.
Director : Elia Kazan
Casts
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
Howard Smith
J.B. Jeffries
Kay Medford
First Mrs. Rhodes
R.G. Armstrong
Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
Lois Nettleton
Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)
Diana Sands
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Rip Torn
Barry Mills (uncredited)
Beverly Bentley
Page Girl (uncredited)
John Bliss
Barefoot Baritone (uncredited)
Noah Keen
TV Director (uncredited)
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