Rent A Face in the Crowd (1957)
4.0 of 5 from 81 ratings
2h 6min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- "A Face in the Crowd" chronicles the rise and fall of Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes (Andy Griffith), a boisterous entertainer discovered in an Arkansas drunk tank by Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal), a local radio producer with ambitions of her own. His charisma and cunning soon shoot him to the heights of television stardom and political demagoguery, forcing Marcia to grapple with the manipulative, reactionary monster she has created.
- Actors:
- Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, Percy Waram, Paul McGrath, Rod Brasfield, Marshall Neilan, Alexander Kirkland, Charles Irving, Howard Smith, Kay Medford, Big Jeff Bess, Henry Sharp, R.G. Armstrong, Beverly Bentley, John Bliss, Mary Boylan, Walter Cartier
- Directors:
- Elia Kazan
- Producers:
- Elia Kazan
- Writers:
- Budd Schulberg
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Music & Musicals
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Films About Television: Part 1, Brando: A Centenary Celebration, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Award Winners at the London Film Festival, Top 10 Films About Radio: Rock to Rap, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 06/05/2019
- Run Time:
- 126 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New Interview with Ron Briley, Author of 'The Ambivalent Legacy of Elia Kazan'
- New Interview with Andy Griffith Biographer Evan Dalton Smith
- 'Facing the Past', a 2005 Documentary Featuring Actors Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, and Anthony Franciosa; Screenwriter Budd Schulberg; and Film Scholars Leo Braudy and Jeff Young
- Trailer
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