Kill the Messenger
2014, Film, 112 min, Biography, Crime, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 67
Can you keep a national secret?
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
Directed by Michael Cuesta
Cast
- Jeremy Renner as Gary Webb
- Robert Patrick as Ronald J. Quail
- Jena Sims as Quail's Girlfriend
- Robert Pralgo as LA Sheriff
- Hajji Golightly as DEA Agent
- Ted Huckabee as Bob
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Anna Simons
- Lucas Hedges as Ian Webb
- Rosemarie DeWitt as Sue Webb
- Matt Lintz as Eric Webb
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