A Face in the Crowd 1957

May 29, 1957 • NR

Summary

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.

Release: May 29, 1957

Genres:

Drama

Director:

Elia Kazan

Top cast:

Andy Griffith Patricia Neal Anthony Franciosa Walter Matthau Lee Remick