RKO 281
20/11/1999
1h 24m



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.
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


Paul Birchard
Top Brass #2


Neil Conrich
Mr. Thomson


Michael Cronin
Joseph Willicombe
Sarah Franzl
Dorothy Comingore


Briony Glassco
Script Girl
Louis Hammond
Flunkie #2


Aaron Keeling
Young Orson Welles


Joseph Long
Harry Cohn
Gareth Marks
Top Brass #1


Olivier Pierre
Sam Goldwyn


Roger Rose
News Reader


Rolf Saxon
Flunkie #1


Adrian Schiller
Paul Stewart


Kerry Shale
Bernard Herrmann


Cyril Shaps
Jeweller


Tusse Silberg
Welles' Mother


Toby Whithouse
Sound Technician


Tim Woodward
Jack Warner


Angus Wright
Joseph Cotten


Bobby Valentino
Clark Gable
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