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A Face in the Crowd

76.14 %|May 29, 1957|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Budd Schulberg
Screenplay
Tom Glazer
Original Music Composer
Elia Kazan
Director
Elia Kazan
Producer
Gene Milford
Editor
Gayne Rescher
Director of Photography
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography
Budd Schulberg
Story

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Cast

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Andy Griffith
Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
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Patricia Neal
Marcia Jeffries
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Anthony Franciosa
Joey DePalma
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Walter Matthau
Mel Miller
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Lee Remick
Betty Lou Fleckum
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Percy Waram
General Haynesworth
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Marshall Neilan
Senator Worthington Fuller
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Charles Irving
Mr. Luffler
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Howard Smith
J.B. Jeffries
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Kay Medford
First Mrs. Rhodes
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Big Jeff Bess
Sheriff Big Jeff Bess
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Henry Sharp
Abe Steiner
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R. G. Armstrong
Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
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Lois Nettleton
Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)
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Diana Sands
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
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Rip Torn
Barry Mills (uncredited)
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Beverly Bentley
Page Girl (uncredited)
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John Bliss
Barefoot Baritone (uncredited)
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Noah Keen
TV Director (uncredited)