
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
7.6|29 May, 1957|125 min
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!
7.6|29 May, 1957|125 min
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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.
Keywords
arkansas
fame
black and white
personality
criterion
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
Charles Irving
Mr. Luffler

Howard Smith
J.B. Jeffries

Kay Medford
First Mrs. Rhodes
Big Jeff Bess
Sheriff Big Jeff Bess
Henry Sharp
Abe Steiner

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)
Crews

Elia Kazan
Producer

Budd Schulberg
Screenplay

Budd Schulberg
Story
Gayne Rescher
Director of Photography
Gene Milford
Editor
Tom Glazer
Original Music Composer

Elia Kazan
Director
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography
George Justin
Production Manager
Anna Hill Johnstone
Costume Design
Richard Sylbert
Art Direction
Robert Jiras
Makeup Artist
Willis Hanchett
Hairstylist

Paul Sylbert
Art Direction
Ernest Zatorsky
Sound
Don Olson
Sound Editor
Don Kranze
Assistant Director
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