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Kill the Messenger

Can you keep a national secret?

2014 · R · 1h 52m

Directed by Michael Cuesta

6.6

TMDB audience score
958 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

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Cast

  • Jeremy Renner
    Gary Webb

  • Mary Elizabeth Winstead
    Anna Simons

  • Michael Sheen
    Fred Weil

  • Ray Liotta
    John Cullen

  • Robert Patrick
    Ronny Quail

  • Andy Garcia
    Norwin Meneses

  • Paz Vega
    Coral Baca

  • Michael Kenneth Williams
    Ricky Ross

  • Rosemarie DeWitt
    Sue Webb

  • Tim Blake Nelson
    Alan Fenster

  • Barry Pepper
    Russell Dodson

  • Oliver Platt
    Jerry Ceppos

  • Richard Schiff
    Richard Zuckerman

  • Jena Sims
    Quail's Girlfriend

  • Joshua Close
    Rich Kline

  • Yul Vazquez
    Danilo Blandon

  • Lucas Hedges
    Ian Webb

  • Matt Lintz
    Eric Webb