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

RKO 281

6.519991h 24m

DramaHistoryTV Movie

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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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

RKO 281

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