Kill the Messenger
Can you keep a national secret?
2014 | 112m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Michael Cuesta |
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| Writer: | Peter Landesman, Gary Webb, Nick Schou |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 09, 2014 |
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| Director: | Michael Cuesta |
| Writer: | Peter Landesman, Gary Webb, Nick Schou |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, History |
| Keywords | central intelligence agency (cia), drug trafficking, biography, crack cocaine, government conspiracy, investigative journalism, american journalist, san jose, california |
| Production Companies | Focus Features, Bluegrass Films, Sierra/Affinity, The Combine |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $5,200,000
Budget: $5,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jeremy Renner | Gary Webb |
| Mary Elizabeth Winstead | Anna Simons |
| Michael Sheen | Fred Weil |
| Ray Liotta | John Cullen |
| Robert Patrick | Ronny Quail |
| Andy García | 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 |
| Gil Bellows | DEA Agent Miller |
| Steve Coulter | Anonymous Agent |
| Dan Futterman | Leo Wolinsky |
| Susan Walters | Los Angeles Times Editor |
| David de Vries | Washington Post Editor |
| David Lee Garver | Doug Farah |
| Rhoda Griffis | Female Anchor |
| Jen Harper | Ricky Ross Trial Judge |
| David Alessi | DEA Agent (uncredited) |
| Grace Baine | Reporter Washington Post (uncredited) |
| Shaira Barton | DC Business Woman (uncredited) |
| Nancy Reagan | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Parker Douglas | Christine Webb |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Peter Landesman | Screenplay |
| Sean Bobbitt | Cinematography |
| Louis Phillips | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| John Paino | Production Design |
| Doug Hall | Costume Design |
| Michael Cuesta | Director |
| Gary Webb | Novel |
| Brian A. Kates | Editor |
| Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Nathan Johnson | Original Music Composer |
| Kimberly Adams | Costume Design |
| Nick Schou | Novel |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Scott Stuber | Producer |
| Don Handfield | Executive Producer |
| Jeremy Renner | Producer |
| Pamela Abdy | Executive Producer |
| Naomi Despres | Producer |
| Michael Bederman | Executive Producer |
| Peter Landesman | Executive Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 13 |
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