"POWER! He loved it! He took it raw in big gulpfuls … he liked the taste, the way it mixed with the bourbon and the sin in his blood!"
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
Mr. Luffler
J.B. Jeffries
First Mrs. Rhodes
Sheriff Big Jeff Bess
Abe Steiner
Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
Mr. Macey's Nurse (uncredited)
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Barry Mills (uncredited)
Page Girl (uncredited)
Barefoot Baritone (uncredited)
TV Director (uncredited)
Producer
Screenplay
Story
Director of Photography
Editor
Original Music Composer
Director
Director of Photography
Production Manager
Costume Design
Art Direction
Makeup Artist
Hairstylist
Art Direction
Sound
Sound Editor
Assistant Director