The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Cast
Bryan Cranston
Dalton Trumbo
Diane Lane
Cleo Trumbo
Helen Mirren
Hedda Hopper
Elle Fanning
Nikola Trumbo
Louis C.K.
Arlen Hird
John Goodman
Frank King
Michael Stuhlbarg
Edward G. Robinson
David James Elliott
John Wayne
Roger Bart
Buddy Ross
Mark Harelik
Ed Muhl, Edward 'Ed' Muhl
John Getz
Sam Wood
Alan Tudyk
Ian McLellan Hunter
James DuMont
J. Parnell Thomas
Richard Portnow
Louis B. Mayer
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Virgil Brooks
Stephen Root
Hymie King
Mattie Liptak
Chris Trumbo (Age 13-17)
Dean O'Gorman
Kirk Douglas
Garrett Hines
Andrew Hird
Christian Berkel
Otto Preminger
Dan Bakkedahl
Roy Brewer
Toby Nichols
Chris Trumbo (age 6-10) (as Tobias McDowell Nichols)
Dalton Trumbo
Himself (archive footage)
Laura Flannery
Party Goer
Madison Wolfe
Niki Trumbo (age 8-11)
Johnny Sneed
Robert Stripling
Rio Hackford
Reporter
Dane Rhodes
Reporter
Peter MacKenzie
Robert Kenny
John Neisler
Jury Foreman
Sean Bridgers
Jeff Krandall
Meghan Wolfe
Mitzi Trumbo (age 6-8)
Becca Nicole Preston
Mitzi Trumbo (age 9-12)
Jaclyn Bethany
Starlet (uncredited)
Kate Kuen
Ethel (uncredited)
Suzanne LaChasse
Showgirl (uncredited)
Rhonda Laizer
Trumbo Friend (uncredited)
Veronica Parks
Showgirl (uncredited)
Anne Speed
Juror (uncredited)
Eddie Albert
Irving Radovich in Roman Holiday (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lauren Bacall
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lucille Ball
Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
James Garner
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cary Grant
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurence Olivier
Crassus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
Jay Roach
Director, Producer
John McNamara
Screenplay, Producer
Bruce Cook
Book
Alan Baumgarten
Editor
Jim Denault
Director of Photography
George Parra
First Assistant Director
Scott August
Second Assistant Director
Kelly Mullen
Executive Producer
Nimitt Mankad
Producer
Kevin Kelly Brown
Producer
Monica Levinson
Producer, Unit Production Manager
Janice Williams
Producer
Michael London
Producer
Shivani Rawat
Producer
Laurie Lieser
Associate Producer
Michelle Graham
Co-Producer
Mark Ricker
Production Design
Geoffrey Haley
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
David Rubin
Casting
Daniel Orlandi
Costume Designer
Gary Archer
Prosthetics
Theodore Shapiro
Original Music Composer
Cindy Carr
Set Decoration
Heather Arthur
Stunt Coordinator
Jeri Habberstad
Stunt Double
Lisa Marinaccio
Art Direction
Jesse Rosenthal
Art Direction
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