A Face in the Crowd
A Face in the Crowd

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!

7.6125 min
Drama

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.

Movie Info

Release Date: 5/29/1957

Runtime: 125 min

Director: Elia Kazan

Writers: Budd Schulberg, Budd Schulberg

Top Cast

Andy Griffith

Andy Griffith

Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes

Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal

Marcia Jeffries

Anthony Franciosa

Anthony Franciosa

Joey DePalma

Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

Mel Miller

Lee Remick

Lee Remick

Betty Lou Fleckum

Percy Waram

Percy Waram

General Haynesworth

Paul McGrath

Paul McGrath

Macey

Rod Brasfield

Rod Brasfield

Beanie

Marshall Neilan

Marshall Neilan

Senator Worthington Fuller

Alexander Kirkland

Alexander Kirkland

Jim Collier

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