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A Face In the Crowd (1957) (Patreon)

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2025-03-17 23:59:13
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Content

Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, Anthony Franciosa, Big Jeff Bess, Paul McGrath, Rod Brasfield

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Comments

Actuarial Lurker

I actually never heard of this film before....I have a 1950s blindspot

Pam Nail

- Thanks for watching this! I hadn't watched this movie in full since just before the 2016 election and hoo boy, does it hit all the familiar notes. - I got to see a screening of this more than 20 years ago in Nashville with Patricia Neal in attendance to do a Q&A. She sat right behind me for the movie and it was surreal to hear her gravelly laugh in my ear. - This is my favorite of Kazan's movies. Everyone talks about Streetcar and On the Waterfront, but not nearly as many people even seem to be aware of this movie. Gentleman's Agreement is another of his films that I love that I feel is underappreciated. - I'd forgotten how dark and depressing the third act of this movie is (especially that bedroom scene with Griffith and Neal, yikes!). And also how Walter Matthau is the real hero of this movie and pretty much gets to have the last word.

Clare Manion

Oof. It's unnerving watching this one *now*, isn't it? Like so many other things, it was meant as a cautionary tale, and yet... A brilliant role for Andy Griffith, though. Cast against type so severely, one almost doesn't see it coming. But yes, like you guys mentioned, the cracks are there from the beginning. And good Lord, that last scene with him yelling from the balcony - like an even darker inverse of the 'Stella!' bit from Streetcar. On a happier note - Kevin - A Billy Wilder kick is always a good idea! Enjoy!

Jonathan

This was the first time watch for me too. I’ve had it on my watchlist after I watched onionhead with Andy and Walter Matthau from the following year. This was a fantastic movie. I can only think that the reason it didn’t get nominated was because of Kazan‘s reputation in Hollywood at the time. Patricia Neal is a favorite Hollywood actress of mine that is kind of overlooked nowadays. For most of my life, I only knew her as playing the mother in the pilot movie for the Waltons but she has been in a variety of fantastic movies.

Jonathan

This gives me a new viewpoint on the back door pilot for the Andy Griffith show where Andy’s character arrests Danny Thomas on his sitcom, and Danny makes Andy famous by putting him on television.

Actuarial Lurker
>>168104436

It was hard to do! Up until the pandemic, since my wife and I hate football, we would religiously go to the movies almost every Sunday afternoon around 3pm or 4pm to go to an empty theater with matinee prices. So in 20+ years of marriage we easily saw 40+ movies a year or 800 films as new releases. Combine that with watching classics and art films with my father as a kid and with my wife at the local art venue...

Michael Soukup

Such a great and under appreciated film! And a special shout-out to one of my favorites, the beautiful Lee Remick.

Michael Soukup
>>168119694

Patricia Neal is one of the greats. She deservedly won the Oscar for Hud. It’s kind of a tough watch though given the violence directed toward her by Paul Newman in the film but she’s so amazing it’s worth it.

Toc

WOW!!!!!!!!! (Love it. Sure ain't the Andy Griffith we knew from television! :P)

Youtalkingtome
>>168119694

I bet that's why it wasn't nominated. Not saying he was a great guy but he is undoubtably one of the greats.

Youtalkingtome
>>168116830

I want everyone to watch this movie. It feels so important. This would be a great double feature with Network. That would make for one depressing day though

Clare Manion
>>168116830

I totally agree - beyond being a great film, the message is absolutely vital. Should be required viewing in highschool or something.

Youtalkingtome
>>168114566

Thanks for sharing this film with us! I probably never would have seen it otherwise. It's great that you were able to attend a screening with Neal in attendance. And yes, this feels like a film that could have been made in the last 5 or so years.

Jonathan
>>168104436

I’ve seen over 3000 films but the community here has been very good at requesting movies that have been on my watchlist for years that I just hadn’t gotten to.

Actuarial Lurker
>>168104436

In the 1970s I saw a lot of R rated movies with my father when things were less politically correct with respect to content warnings. Such as Charles Bronson movies, The Exorcist in 1974 at age 8, the various disaster films like Towering Inferno and Earthquake when I was 9 or 10, Network, Godfather, Taxi Driver, all of James Bond, Abbot and Costello, Marx Brothers etc so easily another 400 or more there..

Youtalkingtome
>>168123939

Kevin here. Beautiful, incredibly accomplished on the stage, television, and film, and died tragically young. What a talent.