Synopsis: Ambitious young radio producer Marcia Jeffries finds a charming rogue named Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes in an Arkansas drunk tank and puts him on the air. Soon, Rhodes' local popularity gets him an appearance on television in Memphis, which he parlays into national network stardom that he uses to endorse a presidential candidate for personal gain. But the increasingly petulant star's ego, arrogance and womanizing threaten his rise to the top.
Interview with Ron Briley, Author of "The Ambivalent Legacy of Elia Kazan"
Interview with Andy Griffith Biographer Evan Dalton Smith
"Facing the Past" 2005 Documentary featuring Actors Griffith, Patricia Neal & Anthony Franciosa, Screenwriter Budd Schulberg & Film Scholars Leo Braudy & Jeff Young
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Essay by Critic April Wolfe, Excerpts from Director Elia Kazan's Introduction to the film's published screenplay, & a 1957 New York Times Magazine Profile of Griffith
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