A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

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!

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1957-05-29
  • User Rating: 7.6/10 from 234 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 5min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Newtown Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Elia Kazan
star 7.6/10
From 234 Ratings

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.

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  • 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

  • Paul McGrath

    as Macey

  • Rod Brasfield

    as Beanie

  • Marshall Neilan

    as Senator Worthington Fuller

  • Alexander Kirkland

    as Jim Collier

  • Charles Irving

    as Mr. Luffler

  • Howard Smith

    as J.B. Jeffries

  • Kay Medford

    as First Mrs. Rhodes

  • Big Jeff Bess

    as Sheriff Big Jeff Bess

  • Henry Sharp

    as Abe Steiner

  • R.G. Armstrong

    as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

  • Lois Nettleton

    as Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)

  • Diana Sands

    as Homeless Woman (uncredited)

  • Rip Torn

    as Barry Mills (uncredited)

  • Beverly Bentley

    as Page Girl (uncredited)

  • John Bliss

    as Barefoot Baritone (uncredited)

  • Noah Keen

    as TV Director (uncredited)
Camera Gayne Rescher Director of Photography
Writing Budd Schulberg Story
Directing Elia Kazan Director
Editing Gene Milford Editor
Camera Harry Stradling Sr. Director of Photography
Sound Tom Glazer Original Music Composer
Writing Budd Schulberg Screenplay
Production Elia Kazan Producer
Costume & Make-Up Anna Hill Johnstone Costume Design
Production George Justin Production Manager
Costume & Make-Up Robert Jiras Makeup Artist
Art Richard Sylbert Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Willis Hanchett Hairstylist
Art Paul Sylbert Art Direction
Sound Ernest Zatorsky Sound
Sound Don Olson Sound Editor
Directing Don Kranze Assistant Director

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