A Face in the Crowd

1957

Action / Drama / Music

32
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 95% · 81 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 93% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 8.1/10 10 19494 19.5K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Elia Kazan Photo
Elia Kazan

Top cast

John Cameron Swayze Photo
John Cameron Swayze as John Cameron Swayze
Mary Boylan Photo
Mary Boylan as One of Lonesome's Relatives
Noah Keen Photo
Noah Keen as Cracker Barrell TV Director
Faye Emerson Photo
Faye Emerson as Faye Emerson
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1.01 GB
1280*682
English 2.0
TV-PG
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23.976 fps
2 hr 6 min
Seeds 16
1.98 GB
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English 2.0
TV-PG
Subtitles
23.976 fps
2 hr 6 min
Seeds 29

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Dallas H 9 / 10

My gosh, why haven't I seen this movie

My gosh, why haven't I seen this movie years ago?! Seeing Andy Griffith as a grungy musician from the South banging out blues-inspired music goes against the clean-cut image I've had of the actor for all these decades. I loved this movie and will want to watch it again and again.
Reviewed by Rafi แก้ว M 10 / 10

This movie's critique of charismatic evil, the power

This movie's critique of charismatic evil, the power of media, and mob mentality is more relevant today than ever, when its terrible premonitions have come to fruition. Andy Griffith's best role, allowing him to show a sinister, manipulative side that was whitewashed away to keep Mayberry's sheriff squeaky clean for Prime Time TV. This movie wasn't on the TV re-run circuit, because it's too real, too alarming. 'Too contravershul.' 'Not Andy!!!' It should be on every screen these days, to wake people up.
Reviewed by Alan R 10 / 10

Started watching this because I knew the cast

Started watching this because I knew the cast so well and they were so young. I didn’t know Matthau was ever that young. But I could not take my eyes off it. The performances, particularly Griffith who jumps off the screen, are superb. The direction and cinematography are excellent. But it’s the story that is the most stunning. I kept thinking it was amazing how ahead of its time it is with the themes of demagoguery and manipulation of the uneducated, unthinking masses. The use of media manipulation and the dangerous mixture of entertainment and politics are all more relevant today than ever. I even think I heard Rhodes proclaim himself "an influencer." But by the end I realized this was not so much ahead of its time; it’s apparently relevant for all times.
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