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POWER! He loved it! He took it raw in big gulpfuls … he liked the taste, the way it mixed with the bourbon and the sin in his blood!
POWER! He loved it! He took it raw in big gulpfuls … he liked the tas...
Drama - 1957
8.2
88%
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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.
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Rated:
Approved
Runtime:
125 min
Release date:
29 May 1957
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Andy Griffith, as a hick radio star modeled on Arthur Godfrey, delivers an astonishing, sinister performance in Elia Kazan's 1957 essay on media demagoguery.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
This sizzling and cynical exposure... also presents Andy Griffith as the key figure in his first screen role.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
What starts out as a seemingly liberal tract rapidly becomes a smug, cynical exercise in misanthropy.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
A Face in the Crowd has never ceased to be relevant.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
27 Feb 2008
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