A Face in the Crowd
7.606
125 minutes
5/29/1957
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.
Cast List
Andy Griffith
as Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
Patricia Neal
as Marcia Jeffries
Anthony Franciosa
as Joey DePalma
Walter Matthau
as Mel Miller
Lee Remick
as Betty Lou Fleckum
Percy Waram
as General Haynesworth
Paul McGrath
as Macey
Rod Brasfield
as Beanie
Marshall Neilan
as Senator Worthington Fuller
Alexander Kirkland
as Jim Collier
Charles Irving
as Mr. Luffler
Howard Smith
as J.B. Jeffries
Kay Medford
as First Mrs. Rhodes
Big Jeff Bess
as Sheriff Big Jeff Bess
Henry Sharp
as Abe Steiner
R.G. Armstrong
as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
Lois Nettleton
as Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)
Diana Sands
as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Rip Torn
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
Beverly Bentley
as Page Girl (uncredited)
John Bliss
as Barefoot Baritone (uncredited)
Noah Keen
as TV Director (uncredited)