RKO 281

2000 "What went on the screen was nothing compared to what went on behind the scenes."
7| 1h24m| en| Drama, History
Storyline

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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  • RKO 281 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