Drama /

Score: 75.9%( 253 votes )

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.

Cast:

Andy Griffith
Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes

Patricia Neal
Marcia Jeffries

Anthony Franciosa
Joey DePalma

Walter Matthau
Mel Miller

Lee Remick
Betty Lou Fleckum

Percy Waram
General Haynesworth

Paul McGrath
Macey

Rod Brasfield
Beanie

Marshall Neilan
Senator Worthington Fuller

Alexander Kirkland
Jim Collier

Charles Irving
Mr. Luffler

Howard Smith
J.B. Jeffries

Kay Medford
First Mrs. Rhodes

Big Jeff Bess
Sheriff Big Jeff Bess

Henry Sharp
Abe Steiner

R.G. Armstrong
Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

Lois Nettleton
Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)

Diana Sands
Homeless Woman (uncredited)

Rip Torn
Barry Mills (uncredited)

Beverly Bentley
Page Girl (uncredited)

John Bliss
Barefoot Baritone (uncredited)

Noah Keen
TV Director (uncredited)