What went on the screen was nothing compared to what went on behind the scenes.
6.4
84 min
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.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Liev Schreiber | Orson Welles | Zac E. Chan |
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James Cromwell | William Randolph Hearst | Unowned |
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Melanie Griffith | Marion Davies | Unowned |
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John Malkovich | Herman Mankiewicz | Hangin with Mr. Cooper |
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Liam Cunningham | Gregg Toland | Unowned |
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David Suchet | Louis B. Mayer | Unowned |
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Fiona Shaw | Hedda Hopper | Goutbreak |
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Anastasia Hille | Carole Lombard | Unowned |
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Brenda Blethyn | Louella Parsons | Unowned |
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Roy Scheider | George Schaefer | Unowned |
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Roger Allam | Walt Disney | Unowned |
| Simeon Andrews | John Houseman | Unowned | |
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William Armstrong | Mr. Lewis | Unowned |
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Jay Benedict | Darryl Zanuck | Unowned |
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Ron Berglas | David O. Selznick | Unowned |
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Paul Birchard | Top Brass #2 | Unowned |
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Neil Conrich | Mr. Thomson | Unowned |
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Michael Cronin | Joseph Willicombe | Unowned |
| Sarah Franzl | Dorothy Comingore | Unowned | |
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Briony Glassco | Script Girl | Unowned |
| Louis Hammond | Flunkie #2 | Unowned | |
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Aaron Keeling | Young Orson Welles | Unowned |
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Joseph Long | Harry Cohn | Unowned |
| Gareth Marks | Top Brass #1 | Unowned | |
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Olivier Pierre | Sam Goldwyn | Unowned |
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Roger Rose | News Reader | Unowned |
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Rolf Saxon | Flunkie #1 | Unowned |
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Adrian Schiller | Paul Stewart | Unowned |
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Kerry Shale | Bernard Herrmann | Unowned |
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Cyril Shaps | Jeweller | Unowned |
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Tusse Silberg | Welles' Mother | Unowned |
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Toby Whithouse | Sound Technician | Unowned |
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Tim Woodward | Jack Warner | Unowned |
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Angus Wright | Joseph Cotten | Unowned |
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Bobby Valentino | Clark Gable | Unowned |