RKO 281
2000-04-07In 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.

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.

Orson Welles
Liev Schreiber

William Randolph Hearst
James Cromwell

Marion Davies
Melanie Griffith

Herman Mankiewicz
John Malkovich

Gregg Toland
Liam Cunningham

Louis B. Mayer
David Suchet

Hedda Hopper
Fiona Shaw

Carole Lombard
Anastasia Hille

Louella Parsons
Brenda Blethyn

George Schaefer
Roy Scheider

Walt Disney
Roger Allam
John Houseman
Simeon Andrews

Mr. Lewis
William Armstrong

Darryl Zanuck
Jay Benedict

David O. Selznick
Ron Berglas

Top Brass #2
Paul Birchard

Mr. Thomson
Neil Conrich

Joseph Willicombe
Michael Cronin
Dorothy Comingore
Sarah Franzl

Script Girl
Briony Glassco
Flunkie #2
Louis Hammond

Young Orson Welles
Aaron Keeling

Harry Cohn
Joseph Long
Top Brass #1
Gareth Marks

Sam Goldwyn
Olivier Pierre

News Reader
Roger Rose

Flunkie #1
Rolf Saxon

Paul Stewart
Adrian Schiller

Bernard Herrmann
Kerry Shale

Jeweller
Cyril Shaps

Welles' Mother
Tusse Silberg

Sound Technician
Toby Whithouse

Jack Warner
Tim Woodward

Joseph Cotten
Angus Wright

Clark Gable
Bobby Valentino