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Face in the Crowd (A)
- Director: Elia Kazan
- Writer: Budd Schulberg
- Producer: Elia Kazan
CGiii Comment
Excruciating to listen to...the praise that Griffth has received is beyond comprehension.
He screams every line, there is absolutely no subtlety in his performance nor in the writing.
Fame corrupts...we all know that, it would be a little more interesting if more intelligence had been injected into the process.
The CGiii element is slight (and subtle) but, it is there...it's the agent.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
"A Face in the Crowd" charts 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 & Characters
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 Gen. 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