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<html> <head> <title>A Face in the Crowd</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>A Face in the Crowd <nobr>(28-May-1957)</nobr></b></font><p> <img src="t.fc-1.jpg" height=220 width=143 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> <a href="/people/537/000026459/">Elia Kazan</a><p><b>Writer:</b> <a href="/people/219/000113877/">Budd Schulberg</a><p><b>Score Composed by:</b> Tom Glazer<p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/800/000083551/">Drama</a>, <a href="/lists/309/000085054/">Talk Radio</a>, <a href="/lists/700/000083451/">Country Music</a>, <a href="/lists/168/000207544/">Advertising</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"></div><p>Charismatic vagabond Lonesome Rhodes rises to the heights of stardom, his public persona overflowing with folksy charm but behind the scenes a greedy, megalomaniacal manipulator who views his audience as rubes. Cinematic masterpiece. This is not the Andy Griffith you remember from Mayberry! Character of Rhodes loosely based on Arthur Godfrey. Entered 2008 into the National Film Registry.<p> <span style="color: blue" onClick="show_trailer()">[watch trailer]</div><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/441/000032345/"><font size=-1>Tony Franciosa</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Oct-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Jan-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A Face in the Crowd</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/569/000022503/"><font size=-1>Andy Griffith</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jun-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jul-2012</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Laconic sheriff on <i>The Andy Griffith Show</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/768/000023699/"><font size=-1>Walter Matthau</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Oct-1920</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jul-2000</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Messy half of the <i>Odd Couple</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/224/000349174/"><font size=-1>Kay Medford</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Sep-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Apr-1980</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Bye Bye Birdie</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/226/000042100/"><font size=-1>Patricia Neal</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jan-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Aug-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Day the Earth Stood Still</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/917/000026839/"><font size=-1>Lee Remick</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Dec-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jul-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Days of Wine and Roses</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>CAST</b></font><p><table border=0><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Co-Starring</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/569/000022503/">Andy Griffith</a></td><td>   ...   Lonesome Rhodes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/226/000042100/">Patricia Neal</a></td><td>   ...   Marcia Jeffries</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Featuring</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/441/000032345/">Tony Franciosa</a></td><td>   ...   Joey de Palma</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/768/000023699/">Walter Matthau</a></td><td>   ...   Mel Miller</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/917/000026839/">Lee Remick</a></td><td>   ...   Betty Lou Fleckum</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">and</font></td></tr><tr><td>Percy Waram</td><td>   ...   Gen. Hainsworth</td></tr><tr><td>Paul McGrath</td><td>   ...   Macey</td></tr><tr><td>Rod Brasfield</td><td>   ...   Beanie</td></tr><tr><td>Marshall Neilan</td><td>   ...   Sen. Worthington Fuller</td></tr><tr><td>Alexander Kirkland</td><td>   ...   Jim Collier</td></tr><tr><td>Charles Irving</td><td>   ...   Luffler</td></tr><tr><td>Howard Smith</td><td>   ...   J. B. Jeffries</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/224/000349174/">Kay Medford</a></td><td>   ...   1st Mrs. Rhodes</td></tr><tr><td>Big Jeff Bess</td><td>   ...   Sheriff Hesmer</td></tr><tr><td>Henry Sharp</td><td>   ...   Abe Steiner</td></tr></table><p><p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>REVIEWS</b></font><p><table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? 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