"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
Alex Mackie
Editor
Ridley Scott
Executive Producer
Mike Southon
Director of Photography
John Altman
Original Music Composer
Benjamin Ross
Director
Tony Scott
Su Armstrong
Producer
Maria Djurkovic
Production Design
Mark Taylor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ali Goss
Costume Supervisor
Lucinda Thomson
Art Direction
Mike Dowson
Gordon Brown
Dialogue Editor
Paul Wrightson
Sound Effects Editor
Clive Derbyshire
Sound Recordist
Jonathan Cronin
ADR Editor
Steven Begg
Visual Effects Supervisor
Stephen Morley
Still Photographer
Heather Storr
Script Supervisor
Nick Adams
Supervising Sound Editor
Alan Bailey
Property Master
Tatiana Macdonald
Set Decoration
Judy Ducker
Property Buyer
Nigel Gostelow
Unit Production Manager
John Logan
Screenplay
Lora Kennedy
Casting
Stewart Meachem
Costume Designer
Diane Minter Lewis
Co-Executive Producer
Chris Zarpas
Lee Sheward
Stunt Coordinator
Joyce Nettles
Richard Hammatt
Ian Jackson
Camera Operator
Toby Ford
Second Assistant Director
Malcolm J. Sheehan
Key Grip
Jo Schotting
Third Assistant Director
Roseann Samuel
Makeup Department Head
Micky Brown
Gaffer
Diane Greaves
Foley Artist
Thomas Lennon
Story Consultant
Tracey Gibbons
Post Production Supervisor
Richard Ben Cramer
Stuart Murdoch
Special Effects
Hair Department Head
Michael Epstein
Michelle Greaves
Michael Stainer
Color Timer
Stephen Barker
David Daniels
First Assistant Director