RKO 281

RKO 281

84 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | April 7, 2000

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.

RKO 281

84 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | April 7, 2000

RKO 281
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers BBC Films, Scott Free Productions, HBO Films, WGBH Boston
Original title RKO 281
Directors Jo Schotting, Toby Ford, David Daniels, Heather Storr, Benjamin Ross
Writers Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein, Richard Ben Cramer, John Logan

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

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