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A Face in the Crowd

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!

  • Movie
  • 1957
  • NR
  • 2h 5m

Directed by Elia Kazan

7.6

TMDB audience rating
7.6 out of 10 from 290 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Andy Griffith

    Andy GriffithLarry 'Lonesome' Rhodes

  • Patricia Neal

    Patricia NealMarcia Jeffries

  • Anthony Franciosa

    Anthony FranciosaJoey DePalma

  • Walter Matthau

    Walter MatthauMel Miller

  • Lee Remick

    Lee RemickBetty Lou Fleckum

  • Percy Waram

    Percy WaramGeneral Haynesworth

  • Paul McGrath

    Paul McGrathMacey

  • Rod Brasfield

    Rod BrasfieldBeanie

  • Marshall Neilan

    Marshall NeilanSenator Worthington Fuller

  • Alexander Kirkland

    Alexander KirklandJim Collier

  • Charles IrvingMr. Luffler

  • Howard Smith

    Howard SmithJ.B. Jeffries

  • Kay Medford

    Kay MedfordFirst Mrs. Rhodes

  • Big Jeff BessSheriff Big Jeff Bess

  • Henry SharpAbe Steiner

  • R.G. Armstrong

    R.G. ArmstrongTeleprompter Operator (uncredited)

  • Lois Nettleton

    Lois NettletonMr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)

  • Diana Sands

    Diana SandsHomeless Woman (uncredited)

Director
Elia Kazan
Writer
Budd Schulberg
Music
Tom Glazer
Cinematography
Gayne Rescher and Harry Stradling Sr.