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)
