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A Face in the Crowd (1957)
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An Arkansas hobo becomes an overnight media sensation. But as he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become? Director:Elia Kazan |
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Joey DePalma
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Mel Miller
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Betty Lou Fleckum
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Percy Waram | ... |
Gen. Haynesworth
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Paul McGrath | ... |
Macey
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Rod Brasfield | ... |
Beanie
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Marshall Neilan | ... |
Senator Worthington Fuller
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Alexander Kirkland | ... |
Jim Collier
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Charles Irving | ... |
Mr. Luffler
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Howard Smith | ... |
J.B. Jeffries
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Kay Medford | ... |
First Mrs. Rhodes
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Big Jeff Bess | ... |
Sheriff Big Jeff Bess
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Henry Sharp | ... |
Abe Steiner
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Storyline
"A Face in the Crowd" charts 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. Written by alfiehitchie
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
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!Genres:
DramaParents Guide:
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USALanguage:
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Budd Schulberg's A Face in the Crowd See more »Company Credits
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Runtime:
| West Germany:Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
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Lonesome Rhodes: Marcia, I put my whole self into everything I do.
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(1957) (uncredited)
Music by Tom Glazer
Lyrics by Budd Schulberg See more »
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The Vitajex tablets that Lonesome Rhodes hawks have 6 grains of dextrose, 5 grains of inert material, 2.5 grains of caffeine, and 3.5 grains of aspirin. That's roughly equivalent to a 16 oz café latte and two baby aspirin tablets. See more »Goofs
Continuity: The Variety cover announcing Lonesome Rhodes on-air meltdown not only mis-spells his last name as "Roads" but is also dated "November 21, 1956" which is well before the other dates in the movie, for example, earlier he was picking Miss Arkansas Twirler 1957. See more »Quotes
Marcia Jeffries: You put your whole self into that laugh, don't you?Lonesome Rhodes: Marcia, I put my whole self into everything I do.
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Soundtracks
"Vitajex Jingle"(1957) (uncredited)
Music by Tom Glazer
Lyrics by Budd Schulberg See more »
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