Released:
1957-05-29

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.

Director:
Elia Kazan

Runtime:
2h 5min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Andy Griffith
  as
  Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
• 
  Patricia Neal
  as
  Marcia Jeffries
• 
  Anthony Franciosa
  as
  Joey DePalma
• 
  Walter Matthau
  as
  Mel Miller
• 
  Lee Remick
  as
  Betty Lou Fleckum