RKO 281
RKO 281
Release: 2000-04-07
·Runtime: 84m
·★ 6.4
Drama
History
TV Movie
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Scott Free Productions
BBC Film
HBO Films
GBH
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Liam Cunningham
as Gregg Toland
Fiona Shaw
as Hedda Hopper
Aaron Keeling
as Young Orson Welles
Tusse Silberg
as Welles' Mother
James Cromwell
as William Randolph Hearst
Melanie Griffith
as Marion Davies
Ron Berglas
as David O. Selznick
Rolf Saxon
as Flunkie #1
Brenda Blethyn
as Louella Parsons
Neil Conrich
as Mr. Thomson
Joseph Long
as Harry Cohn
Olivier Pierre
as Sam Goldwyn
Roger Rose
as News Reader
Tim Woodward
as Jack Warner
Anastasia Hille
as Carole Lombard
Jay Benedict
as Darryl Zanuck
Toby Whithouse
as Sound Technician
Bobby Valentino
as Clark Gable
John Malkovich
as Herman Mankiewicz
Roy Scheider
as George Schaefer
David Suchet
as Louis B. Mayer
Paul Birchard
as Top Brass #2
Michael Cronin
as Joseph Willicombe
Briony Glassco
as Script Girl
Kerry Shale
as Bernard Herrmann
Angus Wright
as Joseph Cotten
Liev Schreiber
as Orson Welles
Roger Allam
as Walt Disney
William Armstrong
as Mr. Lewis
Adrian Schiller
as Paul Stewart
Cyril Shaps
as Jeweller
