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.
Released: May 29, 1957
Runtime: 125 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, Percy Waram
Crew: Elia Kazan (Producer), Budd Schulberg (Screenplay), Budd Schulberg (Story), Gayne Rescher (Director of Photography), Gene Milford (Editor), Tom Glazer (Original Music Composer)