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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.

1957 |2h 5m |  Drama

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Cast

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Andy Griffith

Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes

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Patricia Neal

Marcia Jeffries

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Anthony Franciosa

Joey DePalma

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Walter Matthau

Mel Miller

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Lee Remick

Betty Lou Fleckum

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Percy Waram

General Haynesworth

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Paul McGrath

Macey

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Rod Brasfield

Beanie

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Alexander Kirkland

Jim Collier

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Howard Smith

J.B. Jeffries

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Kay Medford

First Mrs. Rhodes

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R.G. Armstrong

Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

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Lois Nettleton

Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)

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Diana Sands

Homeless Woman (uncredited)

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Rip Torn

Barry Mills (uncredited)

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Beverly Bentley

Page Girl (uncredited)

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John Bliss

Barefoot Baritone (uncredited)

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Noah Keen

TV Director (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

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