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| 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 | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| R.G. Armstrong | ... | TV Prompter Operator (uncredited) | |
| John Bliss | ... | Barefoot Baritone (uncredited) | |
| Walter Cartier | ... | (uncredited) | |
| Larry Casazza | ... | Second Printer (uncredited) | |
| Bennett Cerf | ... | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Lois Chandler | ... | Secretary (uncredited) | |
| Carolyn Craig | ... | Redheaded filly (uncredited) | |
| John Stuart Dudley | ... | (uncredited) | |
| Faye Emerson | ... | Herself (uncredited) | |
| Willie Feibel | ... | First Printer (uncredited) | |
| Nicholas Frangakis | ... | Western Union Messenger (uncredited) | |
| Betty Furness | ... | Herself (uncredited) | |
| Art Gilmore | ... | Trailer Narrator (uncredited) | |
| Virginia Graham | ... | Herself (uncredited) | |
| Burl Ives | ... | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Harold Jinks | ... | (uncredited) | |
| Sam Levenson | ... | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Brownie McGhee | ... | Servant with limp (uncredited) | |
| Lois Nettleton | ... | Mr. Mason's Nurse (uncredited) | |
| Logan Ramsey | ... | TV Director (uncredited) | |
| Charles Nelson Reilly | ... | (uncredited) | |
| Diana Sands | ... | (uncredited) | |
| Granny Sense | ... | (uncredited) | |
| P. Jay Sidney | ... | Llewellyn (uncredited) | |
| Fred Stewart | ... | (uncredited) | |
| John Cameron Swayze | ... | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Rip Torn | ... | Barry Mills (uncredited) | |
| Eva Vaughan | ... | Mrs. Cooley (uncredited) | |
| Mike Wallace | ... | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Vera Walton | ... | (uncredited) | |
| Earl Wilson | ... | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Walter Winchell | ... | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Sandra Wirth | ... | A baton twirling champion (uncredited) | |
| Sandy Wirth | ... | (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Elia Kazan | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Budd Schulberg | (story) | |
| Budd Schulberg | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Elia Kazan | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Tom Glazer | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Gayne Rescher | (director of photography) | ||
| Harry Stradling Sr. | (director of photography) (as Harry Stradling) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Gene Milford | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Paul Sylbert | |||
| Richard Sylbert | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Anna Hill Johnstone | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Willis Hanchett | .... | hair stylist | |
| Robert Jiras | .... | makeup artist (as Robert E. Jiras) | |
Production Management | |||
| George Justin | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Charles H. Maguire | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Don Olson | .... | sound editor | |
| Ernest Zatorsky | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| James Fitzsimons | .... | assistant camera | |
| Saul Midwall | .... | camera operator | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Flo Transfield | .... | wardrobe (as Florence Transfield) | |
Music Department | |||
| Tom Glazer | .... | composer: songs | |
| Budd Schulberg | .... | composer: songs | |
Other crew | |||
| Roberta Hodes | .... | continuity | |
| Roberta Hodes | .... | script | |
| Charles Irving | .... | special assistant | |
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I just saw this movie very late the other night, and I must say WOW! Like the rest of you, I saw "A Face In the Crowd" on a regular VHS edition, but it wouldn't matter which edition I saw it in because this was one of the few movies recently that made the jaw of this movie snob literally DROP with amazement over how daring, how edgy, and how much mastery this movie had over the film-making craft.
I'm beginning to realize that in the 1950's there was a short period of time (1955-1960, say) where the world of Broadway and the theater, Television, and Hollywood came together, and the careers of people like Rod Serling, Sidney Lumet, and "A Face In the Crowd"'s own Budd Schulberg were started. The best screenwriters in the movie business became innately aware of the increasing importance and influence of the new media form Television, while the best directors (like Elia Kazan), many of whom had directed numerous plays, knew how to cull the talents of Broadways hottest and most gifted performers, and at least for a couple of years, managed to get some awesome performances out of them. That's why I view this movie in the same sort of category as "The Sweet Smell of Success", that ever so sour and bitingly satiric parable on the corruption of American glamour and fame, and how publicity is just as much of a curse as a blessing. The performances in that film are like few others in the same era, and I think its no coincidence that "A Face In the Crowd" came out the same year as the other film. The main scribes of both those films, Clifford Odets and Budd Schulberg, were experienced with TV work by the time they penned their masterpieces (though Schulberg could also claim as his masterpiece 'On the Waterfront').
So anyway, I suggest to all who can hear me and have a love enough for this film to want to see it given the presentation it deserves, that we all write to the Criterion Collection and other DVD distributing companies and ask, no DEMAND that a restored, cleaned up version of "A Face In the Crowd", with as many special features as can be rustled up, be released as soon as possible. It's like writing your congressman, except instead of asking for a new factory of national park, we're asking for the wider availability of a piece of art that has gone with far too little acclaim for far too long. Who's with me?!?