Movie
“POWER! He loved it! He took it raw in big gulpfuls … he liked the taste, the way it mixed with the bourbon and the sin in his blood!”
7.6/10
1957
2h 5m
en
Drama
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.
Director
Elia Kazan
Writers
Budd Schulberg
Movie Information
Release Date
May 29, 1957
Runtime
2h 5m
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Vote Count
264
Production
Newtown Productions
