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Network
Why this pick
A furious, darkly comic media satire that shares A Face in the Crowd’s alarm at entertainment, ratings, and popular anger being shaped into political power.
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MOVIE1957 2h 5m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In late 1950s America, a drunken drifter, Larry Rhodes, is plucked out of a rural Arkansas jail by Marcia Jeffries to sing on a radio show at station KGRK. His raw voice, folksy humor and personal charm bring about a strong local following, and he lands a television show in Memphis, Tennessee under the stage name "Lonesome" Rhodes, given to him on a whim by Jeffries.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Walter Matthau
Mel Miller
Lee Remick
Betty Lou Fleckum
Anthony Franciosa
Joey DePalma
Paul McGrath
Macey
Alexander Kirkland
Jim Collier
Charles Irving
Mr. Luffler
Kay Medford
First Mrs. Rhodes
Henry Sharp
Abe Steiner