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.
as Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
as Marcia Jeffries
as Joey DePalma
as Mel Miller
as Betty Lou Fleckum
as General Haynesworth
as Macey
as Beanie
as Senator Worthington Fuller
as Jim Collier
as Mr. Luffler
as J.B. Jeffries
as First Mrs. Rhodes
as Sheriff Big Jeff Bess
as Abe Steiner
as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
as Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)
as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
as Page Girl (uncredited)
as Barefoot Baritone (uncredited)
as TV Director (uncredited)