Kill the Messenger

Kill the Messenger

112 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Oct. 9, 2014

A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

Kill the Messenger

112 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Oct. 9, 2014

Kill the Messenger
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers The Combine, Bluegrass Films
Original title Kill the Messenger
Directors Michael Cuesta
Writers Gary Webb, Peter Landesman

Cast

Jeremy Renner

as Gary Webb

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

as Anna Simons

Michael Sheen

as Fred Weil

Ray Liotta

as John Cullen

Robert Patrick

as Ronny Quail

Andy GarcĂ­a

as Norwin Meneses

Paz Vega

as Coral Baca

Michael Kenneth Williams

as Ricky Ross

Rosemarie DeWitt

as Sue Webb

Tim Blake Nelson

as Alan Fenster

Barry Pepper

as Russell Dodson

Oliver Platt

as Jerry Ceppos

Richard Schiff

as Richard Zuckerman

Jena Sims

as Quail's Girlfriend

Joshua Close

as Rich Kline

Yul Vazquez

as Danilo Blandon

Lucas Hedges

as Ian Webb

Matt Lintz

as Eric Webb

Gil Bellows

as DEA Agent Miller

Steve Coulter

as Anonymous Agent

Dan Futterman

as Leo Wolinsky

Susan Walters

as Los Angeles Times Editor

David de Vries

as Washington Post Editor

David Lee Garver

as Doug Farah

Rhoda Griffis

as Female Anchor

Jen Harper

as Ricky Ross Trial Judge

David Alessi

as DEA Agent (uncredited)

Grace Baine

as Reporter Washington Post (uncredited)

Shaira Barton

as DC Business Woman (uncredited)

Nancy Davis Reagan

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Parker Douglas

as Christine Webb