Cradle Will Rock
1999-12-10A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

Marc Blitzsetin
Hank Azaria

Diego Rivera
Rubén Blades

Hazel Huffman
Joan Cusack

Nelson Rockefeller
John Cusack

John Houseman
Cary Elwes

Gray Mathers
Philip Baker Hall

Hallie Flanagan
Cherry Jones

Orson Welles
Angus Macfadyen

Tommy Crickshaw
Bill Murray

Countess Constance La Grave
Vanessa Redgrave

Margherita Sarfatti
Susan Sarandon

John Adair
Jamey Sheridan

Aldo Silvano
John Turturro

Olive Stanton
Emily Watson

Harry Hopkins
Bob Balaban

Sid
Jack Black

Larry
Kyle Gass

Carlo
Paul Giamatti

Frank Marvel
Barnard Hughes

Sophie Silvano
Barbara Sukowa

Maxine Elliot's - Dulce Fox
Victoria Clark
Maxine Elliot's - Sandra Mescal
Erin Hill

Maxine Elliot's - Will Geer
Daniel H. Jenkins

Maxine Elliot's - Bert Weston
Timothy Jerome

Maxine Elliot's - Canada Lee / Rev. Salvation
Chris McKinney

Maxine Elliot's - Hiram Sherman
Henry Stram

Augusta Weissberger
Adele Robbins

Abe Feder
Lee Arenberg

George Zorn
Allan F. Nicholls
National Guardsman
Rob Carlson

Reporter
Alison Tatlock

Lucille Schly
Dina Platias
Alma Dixon
Pamela D. Henry
Stagehand
Emma Smith Stevens
Lehman Engel
Steven Tyler

Accordion
Charles Giordano
Trumpet
Jeffrey Kievit
Trombone
Kenneth Finn
Clarinet
Kenneth Hitchcock
Alto Saxophone
David D'Angelo
Percussion
Dave Ratajczak

Federal Theatre - Donald O'Hara
Stephen Spinella

Federal Theatre - Rose
Brenda Pressley

Federal Theatre - Pierre de Rohan
Brian Brophy

Federal Theatre - Beaver Man
David Costabile

Federal Theatre - Beaver Woman
Marla Schaffel
Federal Theatre - Beaver Accordion Accompanist
Dominic Cortese
Power - William Randolph Hearst
John Carpenter

Marion Davies
Gretchen Mol
Congressman Starnes
Gil Robbins

Chairman Martin Dies
Harris Yulin

Paul Edwards
Ned Bellamy

James
Vincent Foster

Butler
William Duell

Tailor
Albert Macklin

Reporter
Scott Sowers
Reporter
Bobby Amore

Silvano - Mama
Lynn Cohen

Silvano - Papa
Dominic Chianese

Silvano - Uncle
Peter Jacobson
Silvano - Joey
Evan Katz
Silvano - Chance
Alysia Zucker

Silvano - Giovanna
Sarah Hyland

Silvano - Marta
Stephanie Roth Haberle
Vaudeville - Melvin
Spanky McHugh
Vaudeville - Puppeteer
Todd Stockman

Vaudeville - Vaudeville Theatre Manager
Patrick Husted
Vaudeville - Plate Twirler
Jay Green
Vaudeville - Assistant Plate Twirler
Carolyn West

Blitzstein - Bertolt Brecht
Steven Skybell
Blitzstein - Eva Blitzstein
Susan Heimbeinder

Blitzstein - 'Joe Worker' Singer
Audra McDonald
Blitzstein - Liberty Committee #1
Robert Ari

Blitzstein - Liberty Committee #2
Michele Pawk

Blitzstein - Dream Larry Foreman
Gregg Edelman

Blitzstein - Dream Cop
Matthew Bennett

Rockefeller Center - Aide
Brian Powell
Rockefeller Center - Lawyer
Jack Willis

Rockefeller Center - Mendez
Gilbert Cruz
Rockefeller Center - Sol
Robert Hirschfeld

Rockefeller Center - Guard
P.J. Brown

Rockefeller Center - Protester
Michael Rivkin

Rockefeller Center - Protester
Keira Naughton

Rockefeller Center - Claire
Taylor Stanley
Rockefeller Center - Pete
Tommy Allen
Rockefeller Center - Mendez Double
Jeff Butcher
Rockefeller Center - Sol Double
Sandy Hamilton
Diego - Frida Kahlo
Corina Katt Ayala

Diego - Models
Josie Whittlesey

Diego - Models
Sandra Lindquist

Diego - Models
Tamika Lamison

Opening - Worker in Theatre
Edward James Hyland

Opening - Man on Street
Boris McGiver

VTA - Carpenter
Chris Bauer

VTA - Man in Line
Leonardo Cimino

VTA - Clerk
Patti Tippo

VTA - Administrator
Carrie Preston
VTA - Disgruntled Worker #1
Mary Robbins
VTA - Disgruntled Worker #2
Chris Talbott

VTA - Disgruntled Worker #3
Susan Bruce

VTA - Disgruntled Worker #4
Ian Bagg

Riot - Carl Jasper
Tony Amendola

Voice on Film Reel (voice) (uncredited)
Tim Robbins