RKO 281

RKO 281 (2000)

What went on the screen was nothing compared to what went on behind the scenes.

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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  • Release Date: 2000-04-07
  • Runtime: 1h 24min
  • Director: Benjamin Ross

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  • Trailer

    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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