Cradle Will Rock
Art is never dangerous... unless it tells the truth.
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
Trailer
Cast
Rubén Blades
Diego Rivera
Jack Black
Sid
Charles Giordano
Accordion
Boris McGiver
Opening - Man on Street
Carrie Preston
VTA - Administrator
Vanessa Redgrave
Countess Constance La Grave
Victoria Clark
Maxine Elliot's - Dulce Fox
Cherry Jones
Hallie Flanagan
Barnard Hughes
Frank Marvel
Lee Arenberg
Abe Feder
Ned Bellamy
Paul Edwards
Steven Skybell
Blitzstein - Bertolt Brecht
Patti Tippo
VTA - Clerk
Gretchen Mol
Marion Davies
Lynn Cohen
Silvano - Mama
Tony Amendola
Riot - Carl Jasper
Joan Cusack
Hazel Huffman
Scott Sowers
Reporter
Audra McDonald
Blitzstein - 'Joe Worker' Singer
Ian Bagg
VTA - Disgruntled Worker #4
Stephen Spinella
Federal Theatre - Donald O'Hara
Michael Rivkin
Rockefeller Center - Protester
Emily Watson
Olive Stanton
Paul Giamatti
Carlo
Harris Yulin
Chairman Martin Dies
Peter Jacobson
Silvano - Uncle
Brian Powell
Rockefeller Center - Aide
Susan Bruce
VTA - Disgruntled Worker #3
Dina Platias
Lucille Schly
Brenda Pressley
Federal Theatre - Rose
Gregg Edelman
Blitzstein - Dream Larry Foreman
Chris Bauer
VTA - Carpenter
Susan Sarandon
Margherita Sarfatti
Cary Elwes
John Houseman
Chris McKinney
Maxine Elliot's - Canada Lee / Rev. Salvation
Alison Tatlock
Reporter
Stephanie Roth Haberle
Silvano - Marta
Michele Pawk
Blitzstein - Liberty Committee #2
David Costabile
Federal Theatre - Beaver Man
Gilbert Cruz
Rockefeller Center - Mendez
P.J. Brown
Rockefeller Center - Guard
Tamika Lamison
Diego - Models
Angus Macfadyen
Orson Welles
Marla Schaffel
Federal Theatre - Beaver Woman
Albert Macklin
Tailor
Dominic Chianese
Silvano - Papa
Josie Whittlesey
Diego - Models
Leonardo Cimino
VTA - Man in Line
Hank Azaria
Marc Blitzsetin
John Turturro
Aldo Silvano
Timothy Jerome
Maxine Elliot's - Bert Weston
Henry Stram
Maxine Elliot's - Hiram Sherman
Vincent Foster
James
John Cusack
Nelson Rockefeller
Bill Murray
Tommy Crickshaw
Kyle Gass
Larry
Sandra Lindquist
Diego - Models
Edward James Hyland
Opening - Worker in Theatre
Bob Balaban
Harry Hopkins
Barbara Sukowa
Sophie Silvano
Adele Robbins
Augusta Weissberger
Allan F. Nicholls
George Zorn
Matthew Bennett
Blitzstein - Dream Cop
Keira Naughton
Rockefeller Center - Protester
Jamey Sheridan
John Adair
Philip Baker Hall
Gray Mathers
Brian Brophy
Federal Theatre - Pierre de Rohan
Sarah Hyland
Silvano - Giovanna
Patrick Husted
Vaudeville - Vaudeville Theatre Manager
Daniel H. Jenkins
Maxine Elliot's - Will Geer
William Duell
Butler
Taylor Stanley
Rockefeller Center - Claire
Tim Robbins
Voice on Film Reel (voice) (uncredited)