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
Adrian Schiller
as Paul Stewart
Bobby Valentino
as Clark Gable
James Cromwell
as William Randolph Hearst
Michael Cronin
as Joseph Willicombe
Rolf Saxon
as Flunkie #1
Cyril Shaps
as Jeweller
Brenda Blethyn
as Louella Parsons
Kerry Shale
as Bernard Herrmann
Tusse Silberg
as Welles' Mother
Angus Wright
as Joseph Cotten
Melanie Griffith
as Marion Davies
Roy Scheider
as George Schaefer
Tim Woodward
as Jack Warner
Roger Allam
as Walt Disney
Aaron Keeling
as Young Orson Welles
Olivier Pierre
as Sam Goldwyn
Roger Rose
as News Reader
John Malkovich
as Herman Mankiewicz
Liam Cunningham
as Gregg Toland
Anastasia Hille
as Carole Lombard
Jay Benedict
as Darryl Zanuck
Joseph Long
as Harry Cohn
Toby Whithouse
as Sound Technician
Liev Schreiber
as Orson Welles
David Suchet
as Louis B. Mayer
Fiona Shaw
as Hedda Hopper
William Armstrong
as Mr. Lewis
Ron Berglas
as David O. Selznick
Paul Birchard
as Top Brass #2
Neil Conrich
as Mr. Thomson
Briony Glassco
as Script Girl
