A Face in the Crowd
A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

1957-05-29

(US) •

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!

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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.

Movie Cast

A Face in the Crowd

Andy Griffith

Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes

A Face in the Crowd

Patricia Neal

Marcia Jeffries

A Face in the Crowd

Anthony Franciosa

Joey DePalma

A Face in the Crowd

Walter Matthau

Mel Miller

A Face in the Crowd

Lee Remick

Betty Lou Fleckum

A Face in the Crowd

Percy Waram

General Haynesworth

A Face in the Crowd

Paul McGrath

Macey

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Rod Brasfield

Beanie

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Marshall Neilan

Senator Worthington Fuller

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Alexander Kirkland

Jim Collier

A Face in the Crowd

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)

A Face in the Crowd

Rip Torn

Barry Mills (uncredited)

A Face in the Crowd

Beverly Bentley

Page Girl (uncredited)

A Face in the Crowd

John Bliss

Barefoot Baritone (uncredited)

A Face in the Crowd

Noah Keen

TV Director (uncredited)