Movie Description
A Face in the Crowd
(1957)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Elia Kazan
- Producer : Elia Kazan
- Editor : Gene Milford
- Cast : Andy Griffith,Patricia Neal,Anthony Franciosa,Walter Matthau,Lee Remick,Percy Waram,Paul McGrath,Rod Brasfield,Marshall Neilan,Alexander Kirkland,Charles Irving,Howard Smith,Kay Medford,Big Jeff Bess,Henry Sharp,R.G. Armstrong,Lois Nettleton,Diana Sands,Rip Torn,Beverly Bentley,John Bliss,Noah Keen
Cast
Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
Marcia Jeffries
Joey DePalma
Mel Miller
Betty Lou Fleckum
General Haynesworth
Macey
Beanie
Senator Worthington Fuller
Jim Collier
Mr. Luffler
J.B. Jeffries
First Mrs. Rhodes
Sheriff Big Jeff Bess
Abe Steiner
Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Barry Mills (uncredited)
Page Girl (uncredited)
Barefoot Baritone (uncredited)
TV Director (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleA Face in the Crowd
Status Released
Release Information
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1957-05-29
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 05m
Production CompaniesNewtown Productions,Warner Bros. Pictures
Genres
- Drama
