This is a really intense, seldom-seen film. Andy Griffith is very powerful in this film. If you've only seen him in Mayberry, you don't know what a really strong and underrated dramatic actor he is. He has a lot to work with here, courtesy of a writer whose work is always powerful. I do think this is a pretty heavy film and has to be viewed that way. It's not light entertainment. It makes you concentrate. I recently heard Merrill Reese, the longtime play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia Eagles, say that this is his favorite film, and that he has interns at the radio station where he works watch it. It probably does them a lot of good if they watch it seriously.
Review of A Face in the Crowd
