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A Face In The Crowd

1957, Movie, NR, 125 mins

FACE IN THE CROWD, A
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Years before he was typecast as the kindly sheriff of Mayberry Andy Griffith made an unforgettable screen debut in this blistering film from director Elia Kazan and writer Budd Schulberg. Griffith stars as a cracker-barrel philosopher who becomes an overnight TV sensation, thanks to producer Patricia Neal and her assistant Walter Matthau. Little do they realize that Griffith's down-home wit and backwater jokes mask a much darker reality. Read the complete review for A Face In The Crowd
Year: 1957
Rated NR

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Cast
Andy Griffith: Lonesome Rhodes
Patricia Neal: Marcia Jeffries
Anthony Franciosa: Joey Kiely
Walter Matthau: Mel Miller
Lee Remick: Betty Lou Fleckum
Percy Waram: Colonel Hollister

 

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I could swear Andy Taylor was ...

Question: I could swear Andy Taylor was a jack-of-all-trades and had several jobs on The Andy Griffith Show, but a coworker says I'm nuts and that he was always just the sheriff. Who's right? There's no bet riding on this, just pride. Thanks.


Answer: You've got a respectable memory there, Jim. (Don't get any ideas, though — there's only room for one Televisionary in this town.) Feel free to claim a good chunk of your office mate's pride because you're right on this one.

When The Andy Griffith Show first launched as a spin-off of The Danny Thomas Show and began its eight-year run on CBS in October 1960, Sheriff Andy Taylor (Matlock's Andy Griffith) not only enforced the law in Mayberry while raising you read more

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