
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)