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19572h 5mNREnglish

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!

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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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DirectorElia Kazan

Keywords

new york citysouthern usapoliticsarkansasrise and fallmemphis, tennesseefameblack and whitebased on short storyhickpersonality

Cast

Andy Griffith as Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes

Andy Griffith

Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes

Patricia Neal as Marcia Jeffries

Patricia Neal

Marcia Jeffries

Anthony Franciosa as Joey DePalma

Anthony Franciosa

Joey DePalma

Walter Matthau as Mel Miller

Walter Matthau

Mel Miller

Lee Remick as Betty Lou Fleckum

Lee Remick

Betty Lou Fleckum

Percy Waram as General Haynesworth

Percy Waram

General Haynesworth

Paul McGrath as Macey

Paul McGrath

Macey

Rod Brasfield as Beanie

Rod Brasfield

Beanie

Marshall Neilan as Senator Worthington Fuller

Marshall Neilan

Senator Worthington Fuller

Alexander Kirkland as Jim Collier

Alexander Kirkland

Jim Collier