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RKO 281

1999 · Benjamin Ross · 84 min

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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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6.5/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database102 votesTMDB
Liev SchreiberOrson WellesJames CromwellWilliam Randolph HearstMelanie GriffithMarion DaviesJohn MalkovichHerman MankiewiczLiam CunninghamGregg TolandDavid SuchetLouis B. MayerFiona ShawHedda HopperAnastasia HilleCarole LombardBrenda BlethynLouella ParsonsRoy ScheiderGeorge SchaeferRoger AllamWalt DisneySSimeon AndrewsJohn HousemanWilliam ArmstrongMr. LewisJay BenedictDarryl ZanuckRon BerglasDavid O. Selznick

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Liev SchreiberOrson WellesJames CromwellWilliam Randolph HearstMelanie GriffithMarion DaviesJohn MalkovichHerman MankiewiczLiam CunninghamGregg TolandDavid SuchetLouis B. MayerFiona ShawHedda HopperAnastasia HilleCarole LombardBrenda BlethynLouella ParsonsRoy ScheiderGeorge SchaeferRoger AllamWalt DisneySSimeon AndrewsJohn HousemanWilliam ArmstrongMr. LewisJay BenedictDarryl ZanuckRon BerglasDavid O. Selznick

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