A Face in the Crowd (1957)2h05
Drama
Director Elia Kazan (7.4 avg)
Also directed On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire, East of Eden, and 15 more
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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Cast
Andy Griffith
Patricia Neal
Anthony Franciosa
Walter Matthau
Lee Remick
Percy Waram
Paul McGrath
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