A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd

7.6IMDb Score
Released:1957-05-29
Genre:Drama
Duration:125 min
Director:Elia Kazan
Actors:Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick
Production:Newtown Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

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.

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