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A Face in the Crowd

"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!"

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.

Top Cast

  • Andy Griffith

    Andy Griffith

    Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes

  • Patricia Neal

    Patricia Neal

    Marcia Jeffries

  • Anthony Franciosa

    Anthony Franciosa

    Joey DePalma

  • Walter Matthau

    Walter Matthau

    Mel Miller

  • Lee Remick

    Lee Remick

    Betty Lou Fleckum

  • Percy Waram

    Percy Waram

    General Haynesworth

  • Paul McGrath

    Paul McGrath

    Macey

  • Rod Brasfield

    Rod Brasfield

    Beanie

  • Marshall Neilan

    Marshall Neilan

    Senator Worthington Fuller

Overview

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.

Rating

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