"" charts 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.

Starring:

Alexander Kirkland, Andy Griffith, Anthony Franciosa, Betty Furness, Brownie McGhee, Burl Ives, Carolyn Craig, Charles Irving, Charles Nelson Reilly, Diana Sands, Earl Wilson, Faye Emerson, Fred Stewart, Henry Sharp, Howard Smith, John Bliss, John Cameron Swayze, Kay Medford, Lee Remick, Logan Ramsey, Lois Nettleton, Lou Marcelle, Marshall Neilan, Mike

Genre:

Drama