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Drama

A Face in the Crowd

“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!”

Director
Elia Kazan
Year
1957
Runtime
2h 5m
Rated
NR
Release
1957
Language
en
Country
US

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01 · Overview

What it’s about

The story

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.

  • #arkansas
  • #black and white
  • #based on short story
  • #hick
  • #fame
  • #politics
  • #rise and fall
  • #memphis, tennessee
  • #southern usa
  • #personality
  • #new york city

  • Directed by

    Elia Kazan

  • Written by

    Budd Schulberg

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