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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!

A Face in the Crowd

7.6 / 10 7.6 1957 2h 5mNR

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.

Directed by Elia Kazan

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CAST

The people behind the story

Andy Griffith

Andy GriffithLarry 'Lonesome' Rhodes

Patricia Neal

Patricia NealMarcia Jeffries

Anthony Franciosa

Anthony FranciosaJoey DePalma

Walter Matthau

Walter MatthauMel Miller

Lee Remick

Lee RemickBetty Lou Fleckum

Percy Waram

Percy WaramGeneral Haynesworth

Paul McGrath

Paul McGrathMacey

Rod Brasfield

Rod BrasfieldBeanie