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.
Cast
Andy Griffith
Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
Patricia Neal
Marcia Jeffries
Anthony Franciosa
Joey DePalma
Walter Matthau
Mel Miller
Lee Remick
Betty Lou Fleckum
Percy Waram
General Haynesworth
Paul McGrath
Macey
Rod Brasfield
Beanie
Marshall Neilan
Senator Worthington Fuller
Alexander Kirkland
Jim Collier
Charles Irving
Mr. Luffler
Howard Smith
J.B. Jeffries
Kay Medford
First Mrs. Rhodes
Big Jeff Bess
Sheriff Big Jeff Bess
Henry Sharp
Abe Steiner
R.G. Armstrong
Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
Lois Nettleton
Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)
Diana Sands
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Rip Torn
Barry Mills (uncredited)
Beverly Bentley
Page Girl (uncredited)
John Bliss
Barefoot Baritone (uncredited)
Noah Keen
TV Director (uncredited)
Crew
Elia Kazan
Director, Producer
Budd Schulberg
Screenplay, Story
Gene Milford
Editor
Gayne Rescher
Director of Photography
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography
Don Kranze
Assistant Director
Anna Hill Johnstone
Costume Design
Willis Hanchett
Hairstylist
Robert Jiras
Makeup Artist
Don Olson
Sound Editor
Ernest Zatorsky
Sound
Tom Glazer
Original Music Composer
George Justin
Production Manager
Richard Sylbert
Art Direction
Paul Sylbert
Art Direction
