A Face in the Crowd (1957)

Directed by Elia Kazan

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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.

Genre: Drama

Language: en

Production

Cinematographers: Gayne Rescher, Harry Stradling Sr. · Composer: Tom Glazer · Editor: Gene Milford

Production: Newtown Productions

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