A Face in the Crowd (1957)

  • NR
  • 05/28/1957 (US)
  • Drama
  • 2h 5m

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.

Elia Kazan

Director

Budd Schulberg

Story, Screenplay

Cast

Andy Griffith's headshot

Andy Griffith

Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
Patricia Neal's headshot

Patricia Neal

Marcia Jeffries
Anthony Franciosa's headshot

Anthony Franciosa

Joey DePalma
Walter Matthau's headshot

Walter Matthau

Mel Miller
Lee Remick's headshot

Lee Remick

Betty Lou Fleckum
Percy Waram's headshot

Percy Waram

General Haynesworth
Paul McGrath's headshot

Paul McGrath

Macey
Rod Brasfield's headshot

Rod Brasfield

Beanie

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