RKO 281 (1999)

Name: RKO 281
Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
Released: 1999-11-20
Duration: 84 min
Cast: Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Liam Cunningham

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.

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Released 1999-11-20 · 84 min · Drama, History

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
Liam Cunningham as Gregg Toland
David Suchet as Louis B. Mayer
Fiona Shaw as Hedda Hopper
Anastasia Hille as Carole Lombard
Brenda Blethyn as Louella Parsons
Roy Scheider as George Schaefer
Roger Allam as Walt Disney
Simeon Andrews as John Houseman
William Armstrong as Mr. Lewis
Jay Benedict as Darryl Zanuck
Ron Berglas as David O. Selznick