A Face in the Crowd

7.6
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 125 min
  • Premiere: 1957. May 29.

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.

Discover

Andy Griffith

Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes

Patricia Neal

Marcia Jeffries

Anthony Franciosa

Joey DePalma

Walter Matthau

Mel Miller

Lee Remick

Betty Lou Fleckum

Percy Waram

General Haynesworth

Marshall Neilan

Senator Worthington Fuller

Alexander Kirkland

Jim Collier

Charles Irving

Mr. Luffler

Howard Smith

J.B. Jeffries

Kay Medford

First Mrs. Rhodes

Big Jeff Bess

Sheriff Big Jeff Bess

Henry Sharp

Abe Steiner

R.G. Armstrong

Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

Lois Nettleton

Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)

Diana Sands

Homeless Woman (uncredited)

Rip Torn

Barry Mills (uncredited)

Beverly Bentley

Page Girl (uncredited)

John Bliss

Barefoot Baritone (uncredited)

Noah Keen

TV Director (uncredited)

Art

Richard Sylbert

Art Direction

Paul Sylbert

Art Direction

Camera

Gayne Rescher

Director of Photography

Harry Stradling Sr.

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Anna Hill Johnstone

Costume Design

Robert Jiras

Makeup Artist

Willis Hanchett

Hairstylist

Directing

Elia Kazan

Director

Don Kranze

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Elia Kazan

Producer

George Justin

Production Manager

Sound

Tom Glazer

Original Music Composer

Don Olson

Sound Editor

Writing

Budd Schulberg

Screenplay