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7.6The 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.
Released: 1957-05-29125 minDir: Elia KazanDrama
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Cast
- 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 General Haynesworth
Themes
- new york city
- southern usa
- politics
- arkansas
- rise and fall
- memphis, tennessee
- fame
- black and white
- based on short story
- hick
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Ratings
IMDb
8.2/10
18,121 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
72/100
- Year
- 1957
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Elia Kazan
- Screenwriter
- Budd Schulberg
- Cast member
- Diana Sands
- Producer
- Elia Kazan
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Narrative location
- Tennessee
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 125
- FilmAffinity ID
- 941563
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- A Face in the Crowd (1957 poster).jpg
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- publication date
- 1957-10-25
- film editor
- Gene Milford
- title
- A Face in the Crowd
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 89%
- Commons category
- A Face in the Crowd (film)
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