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Overview

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8.0/10   3,998 votes
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Director:
Elia Kazan
Writers:
Budd Schulberg (story)
Budd Schulberg (screenplay)
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Release Date:
17 October 1957 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
An Arkansas hobo becomes an overnight media sensation. But as he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become? full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
On The Waterfront Scribe Schulberg Dies
 (From WENN. 6 August 2009, 5:21 AM, PDT)

What Makes Sammy Run?-Koch Vision
 (From Twitch. 18 March 2009, 9:05 AM, PDT)

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Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Andy Griffith ... Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
Patricia Neal ... Marcia Jeffries

Anthony Franciosa ... Joey DePalma

Walter Matthau ... Mel Miller
Lee Remick ... Betty Lou Fleckum
Percy Waram ... Gen. Haynesworth
Paul McGrath ... Macey
Rod Brasfield ... Beanie
Marshall Neilan ... Senator Worthington Fuller
Alexander Kirkland ... Jim Collier
Charles Irving ... Mr. Luffler
Howard Smith ... J.B. Jeffries
Kay Medford ... First Mrs. Rhodes
Big Jeff Bess ... Sheriff Big Jeff Bess
Henry Sharp ... Abe Steiner
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Budd Schulberg's A Face in the Crowd (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
125 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #18502) | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:15

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Trivia:
Charles Nelson Reilly's film debut. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When introducing his new bride, Lonesome's jacket goes from being buttoned to being open and back to being buttoned again. more
Quotes:
Lonesome Rhodes: There's always Vanderbilt '44.
Marcia Jeffries: He's gone back to Memphis. I think he wants to forget us both.
Lonesome Rhodes: I thought he'd wait for you till there was ice on the equator.
Marcia Jeffries: That's how long he did wait.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey (1995) more

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41 out of 49 people found the following comment useful.
Hilariously dramatic, 25 February 2002
8/10
Author: helpless_dancer from Broken Bow, Oklahoma

One of the best pictures I've seen to date. Griffith had the part of the womanizing, opinionated, lazy, loud mouthed bum down pat. In fact, the entire cast was superb in this dynamic, gripping, and in the first half, uproariously funny drama which clearly shows how ego can not only destroy the egotist but those close to him. This film is an equal to Griffith's fine performances as Horton Maddock in "Savages" and Howard Pike in "Hearts of the West". 4 stars.

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