A Face in the Crowd

Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Andy Griffith

Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes

Patricia Neal

Marcia Jeffries

Anthony Franciosa

Joey DePalma

Walter Matthau

Mel Miller

Lee Remick

Betty Lou Fleckum

Percy Waram

General Haynesworth

Paul McGrath

Macey

Rod Brasfield

Beanie

Marshall Neilan

Senator Worthington Fuller

Alexander Kirkland

Jim Collier

Charles Irving

Mr. Luffler

Howard Smith

J.B. Jeffries

Kay Medford

First Mrs. Rhodes

Big Jeff Bess

Sheriff Big Jeff Bess

Henry Sharp

Abe Steiner

R.G. Armstrong

Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

Lois Nettleton

Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)

Diana Sands

Homeless Woman (uncredited)

Rip Torn

Barry Mills (uncredited)

Beverly Bentley

Page Girl (uncredited)