RKO 281

What went on the screen was nothing compared to what went on behind the scenes.

11/20/19991h 24min6.5/10(102 TMDB votes)

DramaHistoryTV Movie

Directed by Benjamin Ross

Plot

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.

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Cast

Liev Schreiber

Orson Welles

James Cromwell

William Randolph Hearst

Melanie Griffith

Marion Davies

John Malkovich

Herman Mankiewicz

Liam Cunningham

Gregg Toland

David Suchet

Louis B. Mayer

Fiona Shaw

Hedda Hopper

Anastasia Hille

Carole Lombard

Brenda Blethyn

Louella Parsons

Roy Scheider

George Schaefer

Roger Allam

Walt Disney

Simeon Andrews

John Houseman

William Armstrong

Mr. Lewis

Jay Benedict

Darryl Zanuck

Ron Berglas

David O. Selznick