Movie
A Face in the Crowd
Released: May 29, 1957 (1957)
Runtime: 125 minutes
Genres: Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Percy Waram as General Haynesworth
Age at release: 76
- Alexander Kirkland as Jim Collier
Age at release: 55
- Paul McGrath as Macey
Age at release: 53
- Charles Irving as Mr. Luffler
Age at release: 44
- Walter Matthau as Mel Miller
Age at release: 36
- Patricia Neal as Marcia Jeffries
Age at release: 31
- Andy Griffith as Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
Age at release: 30
- Anthony Franciosa as Joey DePalma
Age at release: 28
- Lee Remick as Betty Lou Fleckum
Age at release: 21
- Rod Brasfield as Beanie
Age at release: Unknown
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- Howard Smith as J.B. Jeffries
Age at release: 63
- R.G. Armstrong as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
Age at release: 40
- Kay Medford as First Mrs. Rhodes
Age at release: 37
- Noah Keen as TV Director (uncredited)
Age at release: 29
- Rip Torn as Barry Mills (uncredited)
Age at release: 26
- John Bliss as Barefoot Baritone (uncredited)
Age at release: 26
- Diana Sands as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Age at release: 22
- Big Jeff Bess as Sheriff Big Jeff Bess
Age at release: Unknown
- Henry Sharp as Abe Steiner
Age at release: Unknown
- Lois Nettleton as Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Beverly Bentley as Page Girl (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown