Plot
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.
Cast
Andy Griffith
Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
Patricia Neal
Marcia Jeffries
Anthony Franciosa
Joey DePalma
Walter Matthau
Mel Miller
Lee Remick
Betty Lou Fleckum
Percy Waram
General Haynesworth
Paul McGrath
Macey
Rod Brasfield
Beanie
Marshall Neilan
Senator Worthington Fuller
Alexander Kirkland
Jim Collier
Charles Irving
Mr. Luffler
Howard Smith
J.B. Jeffries
Crew
Gayne Rescher
Director of Photography
Elia Kazan
Director
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography
Tom Glazer
Original Music Composer
Budd Schulberg
Screenplay
Elia Kazan
Producer
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