A Face in the Crowd
29/05/1957
2h 5m

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


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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