A Face in the Crowd

Name: A Face in the Crowd
Genre: Drama
Released: 1957-05-29
Duration: 2 h 5 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick

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!

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

Timing: 2:5 (125 min)

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Release date

1957-05-29

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Newtown Productions

Genre

Drama

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Director

Elia Kazan

Actors

Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, Percy Waram, Paul McGrath, Rod Brasfield, Marshall Neilan, Alexander Kirkland
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Scenario

Producer

Elia Kazan

Camera operator

Gayne Rescher

Composer

Tom Glazer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Gene Milford
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

Director and producer Elia Kazan (1909-2003) and screenwriter Budd Schulberg spent several months studying the world of advertising to understand how advertising agencies manipulate public consciousness.
Most of the filming took place in Piggot, Arkansas. For one day of work in mid-August, 5,000 extras were hired at an hourly rate of $1. Musicians from six school orchestras were involved in the filming.
As part of the preparation for filming, Elia Kazan (1909-2003) and Budd Schulberg (1914-2009) traveled to Washington, where they spoke with future 36th President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) and studied his mannerisms and behavior in private and in public.