A Face in the Crowd
Summary:
Andy Griffith makes a spectacular film debut in this searing drama as Lonesome Rhodes, a philosophical country-western singer discovered in a tanktown jail by radio talent scout Patricia Neal and her assistant Walter Matthau. They decide that Rhodes is worthy of a radio spot, but the unforeseen result is that the gangly, aw-shucks entertainer becomes an overnight sensation not s... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Andy Griffith - (Lonesome Rhodes)
Patricia Neal - (Marcia Jeffries)
Anthony Franciosa - (Joey Kiely)
Walter Matthau - (Mel Miller)
Lee Remick - (Betty Lou Fleckum)
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Review:
While it's about as subtle as a stick of dynamite in a keg of nails, A Face in the Crowd was one of the first intelligent attempts to examine the impact of mass media on average citizens. If Budd Schulberg's script plays its hand too heavily by today's standards (it's pretty hard to shock anyone now by telling them television can be used to m... Continue >>
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