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A Face in the Crowd
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A Face in the Crowd

Wed, May 29, 1957
  • Drama
Film · Synopsis

Synopsis

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.

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Release windows

When & where

US
  • In CinemasTue, May 28, 1957Chicago, Illinois
GB
  • In CinemasTue, Oct 1, 1957
FR
  • In CinemasSat, Nov 16, 1957
Where to watch

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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Andy Griffith
    Andy Griffith
    as Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
  • Patricia Neal
    Patricia Neal
    as Marcia Jeffries
  • Anthony Franciosa
    Anthony Franciosa
    as Joey DePalma
  • Walter Matthau
    Walter Matthau
    as Mel Miller
  • Lee Remick
    Lee Remick
    as Betty Lou Fleckum
  • Percy Waram
    Percy Waram
    as General Haynesworth
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