A Face in the Crowd
1957 · 125 MIN · IMDB 8.2 · 18,114 VOTES · DIR. Elia Kazan
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,708 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:39 Somebody's looking for you.
00:06:29 ...give her a little twist like so, and we're back in tune together.
00:11:14 Well, how's it feel to be a free man in the morning?
00:16:22 Thanks for calling. Goodbye.
00:21:51 I book a lot of acts for the Grand Ole Opry.
00:27:14 Hey, what are you doing to that makeup?
00:32:06 - And they gonna be a-looking out for you. Ain't you, folks?
00:37:10 So you can tear up my contract
00:42:54 - Oh, you mean in here? - Wait a minute, sir...
00:48:04 Where I'm from, if a fella looks too dignified...
00:53:15 ...by a responsible elite.
00:59:15 ...will you?
01:05:12 What's the matter with you?
01:10:32 ...a great American.
01:19:00 - Stand back, guys. - Go ahead, smile at them.
01:25:11 I'll tell Joey to draw up the papers.
01:30:16 In jail. He's stupid.
01:34:55 - That's telling them, Lonesome. - That's telling him.
01:39:44 I know.
01:45:12 They don't know it yet, but they're all gonna be Fighters for Fuller.
01:50:21 ...the family that prays together stays together."
01:55:37 I hear you just wrote the ending to my book.
01:59:59 Lonesome Rhodes is the people.
300:00:00 of General Haynesworth's money...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,708
Dialogue density13.7 lines / min
First line00:01:39
Final line300:00:00
Production Record
DirectorElia Kazan
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes18,114