RKO 281

6.387

84 minutes

4/7/2000

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.

Cast List

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
Paul Birchard
as Top Brass #2
Neil Conrich
as Mr. Thomson
Michael Cronin
as Joseph Willicombe
Sarah Franzl
as Dorothy Comingore
Briony Glassco
as Script Girl
Louis Hammond
as Flunkie #2
Aaron Keeling
as Young Orson Welles
Joseph Long
as Harry Cohn
Gareth Marks
as Top Brass #1
Olivier Pierre
as Sam Goldwyn
Roger Rose
as News Reader
Rolf Saxon
as Flunkie #1
Adrian Schiller
as Paul Stewart
Kerry Shale
as Bernard Herrmann
Cyril Shaps
as Jeweller
Tusse Silberg
as Welles' Mother
Toby Whithouse
as Sound Technician
Tim Woodward
as Jack Warner
Angus Wright
as Joseph Cotten
Bobby Valentino
as Clark Gable