RKO 281
1999, Film, 86 min, Biography, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 66
What went on the screen was nothing compared to what went on behind the scenes.
In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood with the purpose of making his first film.
Directed by Benjamin Ross
Cast
- Liev Schreiber as Orson Welles
- James Cromwell as William Randolph Hearst
- Melanie Griffith as Marion Davies
- John Malkovich as Herman Mankiewicz
- Brenda Blethyn as Louella Parsons
- Roy Scheider as George Schaefer
- Liam Cunningham as Gregg Toland
- David Suchet as Louis B. Mayer
- Fiona Shaw as Hedda Hopper
- Anastasia Hille as Carole Lombard
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