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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
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Title: A Face in the Crowd

Release Date: 29 May 1957

Runtime: 2h 5m

Genre: Drama

Director: Newtown Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Companies: 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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Average Vote: 7.604 (240 votes)

Cast

  • Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes: Andy Griffith
  • Marcia Jeffries: Patricia Neal
  • Joey DePalma: Anthony Franciosa
  • Mel Miller: Walter Matthau
  • Betty Lou Fleckum: Lee Remick
  • General Haynesworth: Percy Waram
  • Macey: Paul McGrath
  • Beanie: Rod Brasfield
  • Senator Worthington Fuller: Marshall Neilan
  • Jim Collier: Alexander Kirkland
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