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.
Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
Marcia Jeffries
Joey DePalma
Mel Miller
Betty Lou Fleckum
General Haynesworth
Macey
Beanie
Senator Worthington Fuller
Jim Collier
J.B. Jeffries
First Mrs. Rhodes
Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Barry Mills (uncredited)
Page Girl (uncredited)
May 29, 1957
Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
Marcia Jeffries
Joey DePalma
Mel Miller
Betty Lou Fleckum
General Haynesworth
Macey
Beanie
Senator Worthington Fuller
Jim Collier
J.B. Jeffries
First Mrs. Rhodes
Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Barry Mills (uncredited)
Page Girl (uncredited)
