RKO 281 (2000)

ALL 04/07/2000 (en) Drama, History, TV Movie 84 Min
  • Release
    04/07/2000
  • Production
    Scott Free Productions, BBC Film, HBO Films, GBH
  • Rotten tomato
    63.94%
  • Original title
    RKO 281
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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

Overview

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.

  1. Benjamin Ross

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Alex Mackie

    Editor

  4. Su Armstrong

    Producer



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  1. Liev Schreiber

    Orson Welles

  2. James Cromwell

    William Randolph Hearst

  3. Melanie Griffith

    Marion Davies

  4. John Malkovich

    Herman Mankiewicz

  5. Liam Cunningham

    Gregg Toland

  6. David Suchet

    Louis B. Mayer

  7. Fiona Shaw

    Hedda Hopper

  8. Anastasia Hille

    Carole Lombard

  9. Brenda Blethyn

    Louella Parsons

  10. Roy Scheider

    George Schaefer

  11. Roger Allam

    Walt Disney

  12. Simeon Andrews

    John Houseman

  13. William Armstrong

    Mr. Lewis

  14. Jay Benedict

    Darryl Zanuck

  15. Ron Berglas

    David O. Selznick

  16. Paul Birchard

    Top Brass #2

  17. Neil Conrich

    Mr. Thomson

  18. Michael Cronin

    Joseph Willicombe

  19. Sarah Franzl

    Dorothy Comingore

  20. Briony Glassco

    Script Girl

  21. Louis Hammond

    Flunkie #2

  22. Aaron Keeling

    Young Orson Welles

  23. Joseph Long

    Harry Cohn

  24. Gareth Marks

    Top Brass #1

  25. Olivier Pierre

    Sam Goldwyn

  26. Roger Rose

    News Reader

  27. Rolf Saxon

    Flunkie #1

  28. Adrian Schiller

    Paul Stewart

  29. Kerry Shale

    Bernard Herrmann

  30. Cyril Shaps

    Jeweller

  31. Tusse Silberg

    Welles' Mother

  32. Toby Whithouse

    Sound Technician

  33. Tim Woodward

    Jack Warner

  34. Angus Wright

    Joseph Cotten

  35. Bobby Valentino

    Clark Gable

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 35 , Crews : 49

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RKO 281 (2000) 84 Min

ALL 04/07/2000 (en)
Drama, History, TV Movie
  • Release 04/07/2000
  • Production
    Scott Free Productions, BBC Film, HBO Films, GBH
  • Original title RKO 281
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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

Overview

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.

  1. Benjamin Ross

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Alex Mackie

    Editor

  4. Su Armstrong

    Producer