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A Face in the Crowd (1957)
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17 October 1957 (Sweden)
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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? full summary | full synopsis
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1 win
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1 nomination
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(6 articles)
On The Waterfront Scribe Schulberg Dies
(From WENN. 6 August 2009, 5:21 AM, PDT)
What Makes Sammy Run?-Koch Vision
(From Twitch. 18 March 2009, 9:05 AM, PDT)
(From WENN. 6 August 2009, 5:21 AM, PDT)
What Makes Sammy Run?-Koch Vision
(From Twitch. 18 March 2009, 9:05 AM, PDT)
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Hilariously dramatic
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Cast
(Complete credited 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 | ... | Gen. 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 |
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Budd Schulberg's A Face in the Crowd (USA) (complete title)
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125 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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The majority of the movie was filmed at Biograph Studios built in 1912 by American Mutoscope & Biograph [us] which is still in existence today. The studio was sold several times throughout the years until it burned down in 1980.
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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.
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Lonesome Rhodes:
There's always Vanderbilt '44.
Marcia Jeffries: He's gone back to Memphis. I think he wants to forget us both.
Lonesome Rhodes: I thought he'd wait for you till there was ice on the equator.
Marcia Jeffries: That's how long he did wait.
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Marcia Jeffries: He's gone back to Memphis. I think he wants to forget us both.
Lonesome Rhodes: I thought he'd wait for you till there was ice on the equator.
Marcia Jeffries: That's how long he did wait.
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Referenced in "What's My Line?: (1963-01-13)" (1963)
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One of the best pictures I've seen to date. Griffith had the part of the womanizing, opinionated, lazy, loud mouthed bum down pat. In fact, the entire cast was superb in this dynamic, gripping, and in the first half, uproariously funny drama which clearly shows how ego can not only destroy the egotist but those close to him. This film is an equal to Griffith's fine performances as Horton Maddock in "Savages" and Howard Pike in "Hearts of the West". 4 stars.