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A Face in the Crowd

Name: A Face in the Crowd
Released: 1957
Duration: 2 h 5 min
Rating: 72

72 Metascore
1957
2 hr 5 mins
Drama, Music
NR

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The study of a megalomaniacal TV personality (Andy Griffith in his film debut), whose guitar and folksy humor take him from an Arkansas jail to national popularity. The movie offers a satire of television, pop culture and the public fascination with celebrity.

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Andy Griffith

Lonesome Rhodes

Patricia Neal

Marcia Jeffries

Anthony Franciosa

Joey Kiely

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