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