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)
