2000
6.4 (95 votes)
1h 24m
Genres
Drama
History
TV Movie
Production Companies
Scott Free Productions
BBC Film
HBO Films
GBH
BBC Film
HBO Films
GBH
RKO 281
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
Director of Photography: Mike Southon
Director: Benjamin Ross
Producer: Su Armstrong
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
