A Face in the Crowd (1957)
"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!"
ThumbScore
👍 86%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 80%
(RT: 89%, MC: 72) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Andy Griffith as Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
Percy Waram as General Haynesworth
Paul McGrath as Macey
Rod Brasfield as Beanie
Is A Face in the Crowd good?
Yes. 86% audience score, estimated from 285 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 80%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
