May 29, 1957
125 minutes
Drama
A Face in the Crowd
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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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))
Rip Torn
(Barry Mills (uncredited))
Beverly Bentley
(Page Girl (uncredited))
John Bliss
(Barefoot Baritone (uncredited))
Noah Keen
(TV Director (uncredited))
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