RKO 281 (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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.641 |
Directed By
Benjamin Ross
Crew
Su Armstrong
Tony Scott
John Altman
Ridley Scott
Mike Southon
Alex Mackie
Benjamin Ross
Maria Djurkovic
Mike Dowson
Ali Goss
Stephen Morley
Mark Taylor
Gordon Brown
Paul Wrightson
Nick Adams
Heather Storr
Jonathan Cronin
Clive Derbyshire
Steven Begg
Lucinda Thomson
Alan Bailey
Tatiana Macdonald
Roseann Samuel
Michelle Greaves
Diane Minter Lewis
Thomas Lennon
Ian Jackson
Stephen Barker
Richard Ben Cramer
Toby Ford
John Logan
Michael Epstein
Stuart Murdoch
Chris Zarpas
Richard Hammatt
Diane Greaves
Joyce Nettles
Stewart Meachem
Malcolm J. Sheehan
Micky Brown
Judy Ducker
Jo Schotting
Lora Kennedy
Tracey Gibbons
Nigel Gostelow
Roseann Samuel
Lee Sheward
Michael Stainer
David Daniels
TOP 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
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