Nov 20, 1999
84 min
Full-HD

RKO 281 (1999)

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.

Category

Drama History TV Movie

Country

United States of America United Kingdom

Companies

Scott Free Productions BBC Film HBO Films GBH

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

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