Film
A Face in the Crowd
1957· NR· 2h 5m· Drama
“POWER! He loved it! He took it raw in big gulpfuls … he liked the taste, the way it mixed with the bourbon and the sin in his blood!”
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.
1957-05-29
Cast & Characters
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Key Crew
DirectorElia Kazan
ScreenplayBudd Schulberg
ProducerElia Kazan
Director of PhotographyGayne Rescher
Original Music ComposerTom Glazer
EditorGene Milford
Full cast & crew (22 cast · 17 crew)
Details
Released1957-05-29
Runtime2h 5m · NR
StatusReleased
StudiosNewtown Productions · Warner Bros. Pictures
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating7.6/10 · 272 votes
Original languageen
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