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A Face in the Crowd

  • 1957
  • TMDB 7.6/10
  • 2h 5m

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.

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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.

Cast

  • Andy GriffithLarry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
  • Patricia NealMarcia Jeffries
  • Anthony FranciosaJoey DePalma
  • Walter MatthauMel Miller
  • Lee RemickBetty Lou Fleckum
  • Percy WaramGeneral Haynesworth
  • Paul McGrathMacey
  • Rod BrasfieldBeanie

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