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

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