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Overall Rank: 909
Average Rating: 3.1/4
# of Ratings: 36
Theatrical Release Date: 05/28/1957
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 04/23/2019
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Elia Kazan
Actors: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, Percy Waram
Plot: 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?
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3.5/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 11/30/2019
Andy Griffith gives a powerhouse performance as a drifter with a golden voice that becomes a music superstar. Of course the power goes to his head and he develops a megalomaniac persona. Griffith became better known as the kindhearted lead in his own television show. But here he is almost unrecognizable as the uncouth yet charismatic celebrity. Patricia Neal is the vulnerable but virtuous other half.
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dukeakasmudge - wrote on 10/02/2011
Andy Griffith as a country boy who has nothing then has everything & back to nothing again.WOW!!! I cant believe I hadnt heard of this flick earlier.What a GREAT movie
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Andy Griffith goes Dark
Looneymanthegreat - wrote on 04/02/2013
My father was always a big Andy Griffith show fan so I watched a lot with him as a young lad. There’s always been something appealing about that simple wise homespun sort of hero, and The Andy Griffith show was and always has been a classic example.
Sadly, I have not watched The Andy Griffith Show in a long long time, not since I first saw A Face in the Crowd. A Face in the Crowd has sort of ruined it for me; or rather I’m afraid it has.
The film stars Griffith (before he got his fame) as a drifter who, through some fluke luck ends up with his own television show. His refreshing outlook on life gains him unprecedented popularity, and his fame and wealth, things he didn’t have, or cared about having before hand.
The movie is a startling depiction of a normal sane man …
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