When a jailed drifter is put on the air, a folksy con artist must hide the contempt he feels for the audience that made him famous.

Longer logline

When a radio producer plucks a drifter out of a jail cell and puts him on the air, in a world where television turns ordinary men into idols overnight, a folksy con artist drunk on his own charm must overcome his contempt for the audience that made him, before the woman who created him exposes what he really thinks of them.

Film: A Face in the Crowd · Writer(s): Budd Schulberg · Director: Elia Kazan · Year: 1957