Meet Lonesome Rhodes: drifter, storyteller and guitar-picker. He's been in and out of jails aplenty but now he has reason to smile. He's just met his perfect match, a piece of talking furniture known as television.
Andy Griffith made his stunning movies debut as Lonesome, a big ol' teddy bear whose meteoric rise to TV fame is paralleled by his plunge into booze, sex and political corruption. From On The Waterfront’s Academy Award® - winning (1954 - Best Director (Kazan) and Story and Screenplay (Schulberg). Also for Kazan: Best Director for Gentleman's Agreement(1947). collaborators, director Elia Kazan and screenwriter Budd Schulberg, A Face In The Crowd carries the white-hot edge of filmmakers who know the media world from the inside out. Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, Anthony Franciosa and film-debuting Lee Remick are other faces you'll remember in this captivating Crowd.
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Andy Griffith | Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes |
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Patricia Neal | Marcia Jeffries |
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Anthony Franciosa | Joey DePalma |
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Walter Matthau | Mel Miller |
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Lee Remick | Betty Lou Fleckum |
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Percy Waram | Gen. Haynesworth |
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Paul McGrath | Macey |
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Rod Brasfield | Beanie |
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Marshall Neilan | Sen. Worthington Fuller |
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Alexander Kirkland | Jim Collier |
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Charles Irving | Mr. Luffler |
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Howard Smith | J.B. Jeffries |
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Kay Medford | First Mrs. Rhodes |
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Big Jeff Bess | Sheriff Big Jeff Bess |
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Henry Sharp | Abe Steiner |
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R.G. Armstrong | Teleprompter Operator |
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Beverly Bentley | Page Girl |
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John Bliss | Barefoot Baritone |
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Mary Boylan | One of Lonesome's Relatives |
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Walter Cartier | Minor Role |
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Larry Casazza | Second Printer |
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Bennett Cerf | Self |
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Lois Chandler | Secretary |
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Carolyn Craig | Redheaded Filly |
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John Stuart Dudley | Minor Role |
| Director | Elia Kazan |
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| Writer | Budd Schulberg | |
| Producer | Elia Kazan | |
| Musician | Tom Glazer | |
| Photography | Gayne Rescher, Harry Stradling Sr. | |
| Edition | Criterion |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC] |
| Subtitles | English | French | Spanish |
| Distributor | Criterion Collection |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | May 10, 2005 |
| Regions | A |