A Face in the Crowd (1957)

Dir: Elia Kazan Drama stars 4

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A Face in the Crowd is an American film first released in 1957, directed by Elia Kazan. The film stars Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau and Lee Remick. It has also been released under the title: Budd Schulberg’s A Face in the Crowd. Our overall rating for this film is: very good.

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Credits

Director: Elia Kazan
Script: Budd Schulberg
Photo: Gayne Rescher, Harry Stradling Sr.
Music: Tom Glazer
Cast: Andy Griffith (Larry ’Lonesome’ Rhodes), Patricia Neal (Marcia Jeffries), Anthony Franciosa (Joey DePalma), Walter Matthau (Mel Miller), Lee Remick (Betty Lou Fleckum), Percy Waram (Gen. Haynesworth), Paul McGrath (Macey), Rod Brasfield (Beanie), Marshall Neilan (Senator Worthington Fuller), Alexander Kirkland (Jim Collier), Charles Irving (Mr. Luffler), Howard Smith (J.B. Jeffries), Kay Medford (First Mrs. Rhodes), Big Jeff Bess (Sheriff Big Jeff Bess), Henry Sharp (Abe Steiner), R.G. Armstrong (TV Prompter Operator), John Bliss (Barefoot Baritone), Walter Cartier, Larry Casazza (Second Printer), Bennett Cerf (Himself), Lois Chandler (Secretary), Carolyn Craig (Redheaded filly), John Stuart Dudley, Faye Emerson (Herself), Willie Feibel (First Printer), Nicholas Frangakis (Western Union Messenger), Betty Furness (Herself), Virginia Graham (Herself), Burl Ives (Himself), Harold Jinks, Sam Levenson (Himself), Lou Marcelle (Trailer Narrator), Brownie McGhee (Servant with limp), Lois Nettleton (Mr. Mason’s Nurse), Logan Ramsey (TV Director), Charles Nelson Reilly, Diana Sands, Granny Sense, P. Jay Sidney (Llewellyn), Fred Stewart, John Cameron Swayze (Himself), Rip Torn (Barry Mills), Eva Vaughan (Mrs. Cooley), Mike Wallace (Himself), Vera Walton, Earl Wilson (Himself), Walter Winchell (Himself), Sandra Wirth (A baton twirling champion), Sandy Wirth
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 125 min; B&W
Aka: Budd Schulberg’s A Face in the Crowd

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