RKO 281

2000 6.4 (96 votes) 1h 24m

Genres

Drama History TV Movie

Production Companies

Scott Free Productions
BBC Film
HBO Films
GBH

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

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Producer: Su Armstrong

Director of Photography: Mike Southon

Director: Benjamin Ross

Screenplay: John Logan

Top 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

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