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A Face in the Crowd (1957)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:19
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A savagely funny look at the way sudden notoriety and power corrupt. A small-town windbag (Griffith in his film debut) becomes an overnight success when the TV show created for him by network and... A savagely funny look at the way sudden notoriety and power corrupt. A small-town windbag (Griffith in his film debut) becomes an overnight success when the TV show created for him by network and advertising execs hits the top of the ratings. But behind the scenes he turns out to be a vindictive monster, and the reporter who brought him out of the woods determines to expose him. Based on the short story "The Arkansas Traveler" by Schulburg, who also wrote the script. [More]
Starring: Andy Griffith, Lee Remick, Walter Matthau, Patricia Neal
Starring: Andy Griffith, Lee Remick, Walter Matthau, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Percy Waram, Rod Brasfield, Paul McGrath, Kay Medford
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Producer: Elia Kazan
Screenwriter: Budd Schulberg
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May 10, 2005
Reviews for A Face in the Crowd
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.
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