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1957

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.

Credits

Director

Elia Kazan

Producer

Elia Kazan

Writer

Budd Schulberg

Cinematographers

Gayne Rescher , Harry Stradling Sr.

Composer

Tom Glazer

Cast

Andy Griffith , Patricia Neal , Anthony Franciosa , Walter Matthau , Lee Remick , Percy Waram , Paul McGrath , Rod Brasfield , Marshall Neilan , Alexander Kirkland

Studios

Warner Bros. Pictures , Newtown Productions

Genre

Drama

Posters

5
A Face in the Crowd (1957) theatrical poster - US
US theatrical
A Face in the Crowd (1957) international poster - US
US international
A Face in the Crowd (1957) character poster - US
US character
A Face in the Crowd (1957) teaser poster - US
US teaser
A Face in the Crowd (1957) imax poster - US
US imax

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