Drama
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.
Cast
Andy GriffithLarry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
Patricia NealMarcia Jeffries
Anthony FranciosaJoey DePalma
Walter MatthauMel Miller
Lee RemickBetty Lou Fleckum
Percy WaramGeneral Haynesworth
Paul McGrathMacey
Rod BrasfieldBeanie
Marshall NeilanSenator Worthington Fuller
Alexander KirklandJim CollierCCharles IrvingMr. Luffler
Howard SmithJ.B. Jeffries
Kay MedfordFirst Mrs. RhodesBBig Jeff BessSheriff Big Jeff Bess
HHenry SharpAbe Steiner
