"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."
Liev Schreiber
as Orson Welles
James Cromwell
as William Randolph Hearst
Melanie Griffith
as Marion Davies
John Malkovich
as Herman Mankiewicz
Liam Cunningham
as Gregg Toland
David Suchet
as Louis B. Mayer
Fiona Shaw
as Hedda Hopper
Anastasia Hille
as Carole Lombard
Brenda Blethyn
as Louella Parsons
Roy Scheider
as George Schaefer
Roger Allam
as Walt Disney
Simeon Andrews
as John Houseman
William Armstrong
as Mr. Lewis
Jay Benedict
as Darryl Zanuck
Ron Berglas
as David O. Selznick
Paul Birchard
as Top Brass #2
Neil Conrich
as Mr. Thomson
Michael Cronin
as Joseph Willicombe
Sarah Franzl
as Dorothy Comingore
Briony Glassco
as Script Girl
Louis Hammond
as Flunkie #2
Aaron Keeling
as Young Orson Welles
Joseph Long
as Harry Cohn
Gareth Marks
as Top Brass #1
Olivier Pierre
as Sam Goldwyn
Roger Rose
as News Reader
Rolf Saxon
as Flunkie #1
Adrian Schiller
as Paul Stewart
Kerry Shale
as Bernard Herrmann
Cyril Shaps
as Jeweller
Tusse Silberg
as Welles' Mother
Toby Whithouse
as Sound Technician
Tim Woodward
as Jack Warner
Angus Wright
as Joseph Cotten
Bobby Valentino
as Clark Gable
Su Armstrong
Producer
Tony Scott
Executive Producer
John Altman
Original Music Composer
Ridley Scott
Mike Southon
Director of Photography
Alex Mackie
Editor
Benjamin Ross
Director
Maria Djurkovic
Production Design
Mike Dowson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ali Goss
Costume Supervisor
Stephen Morley
Still Photographer
Mark Taylor
Gordon Brown
Dialogue Editor
Paul Wrightson
Sound Effects Editor
Nick Adams
Supervising Sound Editor
Heather Storr
Script Supervisor
Jonathan Cronin
ADR Editor
Clive Derbyshire
Sound Recordist
Steven Begg
Visual Effects Supervisor
Lucinda Thomson
Art Direction
Alan Bailey
Property Master
Tatiana Macdonald
Set Decoration
Roseann Samuel
Hair Department Head
Michelle Greaves
Foley Artist
Diane Minter Lewis
Co-Executive Producer
Thomas Lennon
Story Consultant
Ian Jackson
Camera Operator
Stephen Barker
Post Production Supervisor
Richard Ben Cramer
Toby Ford
Second Assistant Director
John Logan
Screenplay
Michael Epstein
Stuart Murdoch
Special Effects
Chris Zarpas
Richard Hammatt
Stunt Coordinator
Diane Greaves
Joyce Nettles
Casting
Stewart Meachem
Costume Designer
Malcolm J. Sheehan
Key Grip
Micky Brown
Gaffer
Judy Ducker
Property Buyer
Jo Schotting
Third Assistant Director
Lora Kennedy
Tracey Gibbons
Nigel Gostelow
Unit Production Manager
Makeup Department Head
Lee Sheward
Michael Stainer
Color Timer
David Daniels
First Assistant Director