Movie·1957·2h 5m
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!
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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// overview
The Story
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.
Producer
Elia Kazan
Cinematography
Gayne Rescher
Music
Tom Glazer
Editor
Gene Milford
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
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)
// crew
Crew
Gayne Rescher
Director of Photography
Budd Schulberg
Story, Screenplay
Elia Kazan
Director, Producer
Gene Milford
Editor
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography
Tom Glazer
Original Music Composer
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