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
Rip Torn
Barry Mills (uncredited)
Walter Matthau
Mel Miller
Andy Griffith
Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
Lee Remick
Betty Lou Fleckum
Lois Nettleton
Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)
R.G. Armstrong
Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
Patricia Neal
Marcia Jeffries
Anthony Franciosa
Joey DePalma
Noah Keen
TV Director (uncredited)
Kay Medford
First Mrs. Rhodes
Paul McGrath
Macey
Diana Sands
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Percy Waram
General Haynesworth
John Bliss
Barefoot Baritone (uncredited)
Howard Smith
J.B. Jeffries
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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