Drama / History / TV Movie /

Score: 64%( 96 votes )

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:

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

William Armstrong
Mr. Lewis

Jay Benedict
Darryl Zanuck

Ron Berglas
David O. Selznick

Paul Birchard
Top Brass #2

Neil Conrich
Mr. Thomson

Michael Cronin
Joseph Willicombe

Sarah Franzl
Dorothy Comingore

Briony Glassco
Script Girl

Louis Hammond
Flunkie #2

Aaron Keeling
Young Orson Welles

Joseph Long
Harry Cohn

Gareth Marks
Top Brass #1

Olivier Pierre
Sam Goldwyn

Roger Rose
News Reader

Rolf Saxon
Flunkie #1

Adrian Schiller
Paul Stewart

Kerry Shale
Bernard Herrmann

Cyril Shaps
Jeweller

Tusse Silberg
Welles' Mother

Toby Whithouse
Sound Technician

Tim Woodward
Jack Warner

Angus Wright
Joseph Cotten

Bobby Valentino
Clark Gable