1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
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Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz
Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies
Lily Collins as Rita Alexander
Arliss Howard as Louis B. Mayer
Tom Pelphrey as Joseph Mankiewicz
Sam Troughton as John Houseman
Ferdinand Kingsley as Irving Thalberg
Tuppence Middleton as Sara Mankiewicz
Tom Burke as Orson Welles
Joseph Cross as Charles Lederer
Jamie McShane as Shelly Metcalf
Toby Leonard Moore as David O. Selznick
Monika Gossmann as Fräulein Frieda
Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst
Jack Romano as Sid Perelman
Adam Shapiro as George S. Kaufman
John Churchill as Charles MacArthur
Jeff Harms as Ben Hecht
Derek Petropolis as Eddie Cantor
Sean Persaud as Tommy
Paul Fox as Joe Von Sternberg
Tom Simmons as Doctor
Nick Job as John Gilbert
Colin Ward as Older Man
Cooper Tomlinson as Younger Man
Julie Collis as Female Starlet
Arlo Mertz as Child Star
Craig Welzbacher as Rexford Tugwell
Jessie Cohen as Norma Shearer Thalberg
Desiree Louise as Irene Selznick
Amie Farrell as Mrs. Meyer
Ian Boyd as Slim
Jay Villwock as C.C.
Lou George as Ed the Gate Guard
John Lee Ames as Grady
Bill Nye as Upton Sinclair
Richmond Arquette as Heckler
David Lee Smith as Sinclair Supporter
Mario Di Donato as A Man's Voice (voice)
James Patrick Duffy as Another Man
Flo Lawrence as Maude Anderson
Sebastian Faure as Movie Star #1
Randy Davison as Maître D
Christian Prentice as Emcee
Leven Rambin as Eve - Shelly's Girlfriend
Rick Pasqualone as Singer
Gary Teitelbaum as Rabbi
Eden Wattez as Joanna Mankiewicz - Age 2
Roslyn Cohn as Elmma Wilson
Mark Fite as James Wilson
John Patrick Jordan as Best Original Screenplay Announcer
Ben Mankiewicz as Broadcaster, Academy Awards
Natalie Denise Sperl as Movie Star #2
Brian Michael Jones as Aide - Ben
Camille Montgomery as Starlet #1
Craig Robert Young as Charlie Chaplin
Paul Carafotes as Assistant Director
Anne Beyer as Female Party Goer
Joey Hagler as Male Party Goer
Sean Donnellan as Martin Butler
Stewart Skelton as News Reel I
Malachi Rivers as News Reel II
Keith Barber as News Reel III
Kaytlin Borgen as Mayer's Assistant
Madison West as Starlet #2
Elvy as Starlet #3
Ali Axelrad as Starlet #4
Adrienne Evans as Wife #1
Wylie Small as Wife #2
Dana Lyn Baron as Wife #3
Jaclyn Bethany as Typist (uncredited)
Cary Christopher as Young Joseph Mankiewicz (uncredited)
Michelle Twarowska as Joan Crawford (uncredited)
Kingston Vernes as Young Herman Mankiewicz (uncredited)
Jordan Matlock as Groundskeeper (uncredited)
Anthony Molinari as Hobo (uncredited)
Daniel Hoffman as MGM Child Star (uncredited)
Sebastian Twohey-Jacobs as Beach Goer (uncredited)
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