Face In The Crowd, A

Drama

Andy Griffith	"Lonesome" Rhodes
Patricia Neal
Walter Matthau
Kay Medford
Lee Remick
Anthony Franciosa
Howard Smith
Paul McGrath
Charles Irving
Marshal Nielan

Director	Elia Kazan
Producer	Elia Kazan
Writer	Budd Schulberg

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.