Drama · United States of America · 1957 · 2h 5m

A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd poster
Director
Elia Kazan
Cast
Andy Griffith as Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes Patricia Neal as Marcia Jeffries Anthony Franciosa as Joey DePalma Walter Matthau as Mel Miller Lee Remick as Betty Lou Fleckum Percy Waram as General Haynesworth
Crew
Gayne Rescher — Director of Photography Harry Stradling Sr. — Director of Photography Gene Milford — Editor Tom Glazer — Original Music Composer Budd Schulberg — Screenplay Budd Schulberg — Story
Tagline

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!

Synopsis

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.

Trailer A Face in the Crowd — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
new york citysouthern usapoliticsarkansasrise and fallmemphis, tennesseefameblack and whitebased on short storyhickpersonality
Key Collaborators
Elia Kazan Director Gayne Rescher Director of Photography Harry Stradling Sr. Director of Photography Gene Milford Editor Tom Glazer Original Music Composer Budd Schulberg Screenplay Budd Schulberg Story Elia Kazan Producer Anna Hill Johnstone Costume Design
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