A Face in the Crowd overview
Overall Rating
Total Ratings: 1
Synopsis:
The meteoric popularity of Arthur Godfrey was allegedly the basis of the 1957 drama Face in the Crowd. Andy Griffith makes a spectacular film debut as Lonesome Rhodes, a philosophical country-western singer discovered in a tanktown jail by television talent coordinator Patricia Neal and her assistant Walter Matthau. They decide that Rhodes is worthy of a TV guest spot, the result being that the gangly, aw-shucks entertainer becomes an overnight sensation. As he ascends to stardom, Rhodes attracts fans, sponsors and endorsements by the carload, and soon he is the most powerful and influential entertainer on the airwaves.
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Movie Details:
- Director: Elia Kazan
- Studio: Newtown, Warner Brothers
- Year: 1957
- Run Time: 126 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Drama
- Filmed in: B&W
