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!
1957-05-29 | 125 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Andy GriffithLarry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
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Patricia NealMarcia Jeffries
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Anthony FranciosaJoey DePalma
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Walter MatthauMel Miller
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Lee RemickBetty Lou Fleckum
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Percy WaramGeneral Haynesworth
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Paul McGrathMacey
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Rod BrasfieldBeanie
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Marshall NeilanSenator Worthington Fuller
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Alexander KirklandJim Collier
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Howard SmithJ.B. Jeffries
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Kay MedfordFirst Mrs. Rhodes
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R.G. ArmstrongTeleprompter Operator (uncredited)
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Lois NettletonMr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)
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Diana SandsHomeless Woman (uncredited)
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Rip TornBarry Mills (uncredited)
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Beverly BentleyPage Girl (uncredited)
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