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!
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.
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Classical in form, grave, prestige and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Andy GriffithLarry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
- Patricia NealMarcia Jeffries
- Anthony FranciosaJoey DePalma
- Walter MatthauMel Miller
- Lee RemickBetty Lou Fleckum
- Percy WaramGeneral Haynesworth
- Paul McGrathMacey
- Rod BrasfieldBeanie
- Marshall NeilanSenator Worthington Fuller
- Alexander KirklandJim Collier
Crew
- Elia KazanDirector
- Budd SchulbergScreenplay
- Gayne RescherDirector of Photography
- Harry Stradling Sr.Director of Photography
- Tom GlazerOriginal Music Composer
- Gene MilfordEditor
- Elia KazanProducer
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