A Face in the Crowd

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.

7.6

125 min

Cast

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)

Director

Elia Kazan