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A Face in the Crowd 1957

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.

Directed by: Elia Kazan
Written by: Budd Schulberg
Runtime: 125 minutes
Critics score:
92 / 100
Tagline: POWER! He loved it! He took it raw in big gulpfuls … he liked the taste, the way it mixed with the bourbon and the sin in his blood!
Cast:
Walter Matthau Walter Matthau
Mel Miller 
Rip Torn Rip Torn
Barry Mills (uncredited) 
R.G. Armstrong R.G. Armstrong
Teleprompter Operator (uncredited) 
Anthony Franciosa Anthony Franciosa
Joey DePalma 
Andy Griffith Andy Griffith
Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes 
Patricia Neal Patricia Neal
Marcia Jeffries 
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Also known as:
  • Das Gesicht in der Menge