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A Face in the Crowd: Directed by Elia Kazan. With Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau. Female radio reporter Marcia Jeffries turns folk-singing drifter Larry "Lonesome" Rhoades into a powerful media star who becomes utterly detestable during his meteoric rise.
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- Drama, Music
- Elia Kazan
- 1957-06-01
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Marcia Jeffries : Mel, if I'd only left him in that jail in Pickett... Mel Miller : Marcia, stop it. You were taken in, just like we were all taken in.
In Pickett, Arkansas, Marcia Jeffries goes to the local jail to interview the prisoners for her radio program called "A Face in the Crowd". She finds the boisterous drunken drifter Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes that plays guitar and tells jokes becoming the show a great success.
In late 1950s' America, radio journalist Marcia Jeffries encounters a drunken drifter, Larry Rhodes, while recording a segment at a rural Arkansas jail. She invites him to speak to the audience and sing while playing his guitar, and his raw voice, folksy humor and personal charm make him instantly popular.
Apr 23, 2019 · Opposite Griffith, Patricia Neal is magnetic as Marcia Jeffries (renamed from Schulberg’s story), who stumbles on Rhodes in a rural northeast Arkansas jail cell while recording her show A Face in the Crowd and then must attempt to corral him, lest he destroy them both on his rise to fame.
A Face in the Crowd chronicles the rise and fall of Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes (Andy Griffith), a boisterous entertainer discovered in an Arkansas drunk tank by Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal), a local radio producer with ambitions of her own.
Ambitious young radio producer Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal) finds a charming rogue named Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes (Andy Griffith) in an Arkansas drunk tank and puts him on the air.
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