A Face in the Crowd

1957 · 125 MIN · IMDB 8.2 · 18,114 VOTES · DIR. Elia Kazan

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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.
00:06:23 Never asks me for money or goes cheating around when I ain't looking.
00:11:02 Hi.
00:15:47 - They should know some of his ideas. - You're not fooling me, you're proud of him.
00:21:22 ...Lonesome Rhodes out in Arkansas...
00:26:04 You ought to know me better than to believe everything I say.
00:31:21 Well, you see, it's my house.
00:36:04 There I go again.
00:41:31 ...on a local Memphis stat... Hey. He topped both CBS...
00:46:30 Sit down, Mr. Rhodes. You may as well know Vitajex is the sixth sister...
00:51:55 - Exactly. - Excuse us, dear.
00:57:25 Well, I lied to you, but when it's over, I'm more lonely than I was before.
01:03:09 Then he calls them a tramp, and he drops them, and...
01:08:05 Ain't they the most?
01:15:44 Call it a Bible, but it's really a death warrant with decimal points.
01:23:10 Both were true.
01:28:25 Instead of long-winded public debates, the people want capsule slogans.
01:32:47 - Sounds sort of crazy to you, doesn't it? - No.
01:37:07 That's the spirit that built this country.
01:42:46 Come on, Marcia, open up.
01:48:03 Is that your subtle way...
01:52:05 You know what the public's like, a cage full of guinea pigs.
01:57:01 All right, you, say you're gonna love me.
02:02:09 On purpose.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,708
Dialogue density13.7 lines / min
First line00:01:39
Final line02:02:09

Production Record

DirectorElia Kazan
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes18,114