A Face in the Crowd

7.6 / 10

(262 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

125 minutes

Year:

1957

Director:

Elia Kazan

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Company:

Newtown Productions,

Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast:
Andy Griffith

Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes

Patricia Neal

Marcia Jeffries

Anthony Franciosa

Joey DePalma

Walter Matthau

Mel Miller

Lee Remick

Betty Lou Fleckum

Crew:
Elia Kazan

Director

Budd Schulberg

Story

Budd Schulberg

Screenplay

Elia Kazan

Producer

Tom Glazer

Original Music Composer