Drama
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.
Directed by
Elia Kazan
Walter Matthau
Mel Miller
Lee Remick
Betty Lou Fleckum
Rip Torn
Barry Mills (uncredited)
Andy Griffith
Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
Howard Smith
J.B. Jeffries
R.G. Armstrong
Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
Patricia Neal
Marcia Jeffries
Anthony Franciosa
Joey DePalma
Lois Nettleton
Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)
Diana Sands
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Alexander Kirkland
Jim Collier
Kay Medford
First Mrs. Rhodes
Noah Keen
TV Director (uncredited)
John Bliss
Barefoot Baritone (uncredited)
Percy Waram
General Haynesworth
Paul McGrath
Macey
Rod Brasfield
Beanie
Beverly Bentley
Page Girl (uncredited)
Charles Irving
Mr. Luffler
Big Jeff Bess
Sheriff Big Jeff Bess
Henry Sharp
Abe Steiner

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