A Face in the Crowd Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

IMDb

Released Date

June 1, 1957

Distributor

Warner Bros.

Genre

Drama

Cast

Andy Griffith, Walter Matthau, Patricia Neal, Lee Remick, Anthony Franciosa, Kay Medford, Marshall Neilan

1926-2012

Andy Griffith

as Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes

1920-2000

Walter Matthau

as Mel Miller

1926-2010

Patricia Neal

as Marcia Jeffries

1935-1991

Lee Remick

as Betty Lou Fleckum

1928-2006

Anthony Franciosa

as Joey DePalma

1914-1980

Kay Medford

as First Mrs. Rhodes

1891-1958

Marshall Neilan

as Sen. Worthington Fuller

About A Face in the Crowd

A female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.

About

A folk singing drifter is discovered by the producer of a radio program in rural northeast Arkansas. He ultimately rises to great fame and influence on national television.

Trivia

In 2008, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."