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

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