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.
Elia Kazan | Producer |
Budd Schulberg | Screenplay |
Budd Schulberg | Story |
Gayne Rescher | Director of Photography |
Gene Milford | Editor |
Tom Glazer | Original Music Composer |
Elia Kazan | Director |
Harry Stradling Sr. | Director of Photography |
George Justin | Production Manager |
Anna Hill Johnstone | Costume Design |