Bibliograph

A face in the crowd, story and screenplay by Budd Schulberg ; directed by Elia Kazan

Type

Label

A face in the crowd, story and screenplay by Budd Schulberg ; directed by Elia Kazan

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: Not rated

Main title

A face in the crowd

Oclc number

1089717196

Responsibility statement

story and screenplay by Budd Schulberg ; directed by Elia Kazan

Runtime

126

Series statement

Criterion collection, 970

Summary

An Arkansas hobo becomes an overnight media sensation. But as he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become? A Face in the Crowd chronicles the rise and fall of Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes, a boisterous entertainer discovered in an Arkansas drunk tank by Marcia Jeffries, a local radio producer with ambitions of her own. His charisma and cunning soon shoot him to the heights of television stardom and political demagoguery, forcing Marcia to grapple with the manipulative, reactionary monster she has created

Technique

live action

Classification