Film

A Face in the Crowd

1957 · 2h 5m · Drama

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!

IMDb

8.2

Rotten Tomatoes

95%

Metacritic

72

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.

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)

• Elia KazanProducer · Director
• Budd SchulbergScreenplay · Story
• Gayne RescherDirector of Photography
• Harry Stradling Sr.Director of Photography
• Tom GlazerOriginal Music Composer
• Gene MilfordEditor

A Face in the Crowd (1957) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Release date

May 29, 1957

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 5m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama

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