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2015Feature film127 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
English
Genres
drama film · biographical film

Credits

Direction

Tom McCarthy — Directing

Cast

Q41422 — Acting (Michael Rezendes)
Michael Keaton — Acting (Walter "Robby" Robinson)
Rachel McAdams — Acting (Sacha Pfeiffer)
Liev Schreiber — Acting (Marty Baron)
John Slattery — Acting (Ben Bradlee Jr.)
Stanley Tucci — Acting (Mitchell Garabedian)
Len Cariou — Acting (Cardinal Bernard Law)
Paul Guilfoyle — Acting (Peter Conley)
Jamey Sheridan — Acting (Jim Sullivan)
Brian d'Arcy James — Acting (Matt Carroll)
Neal Huff — Acting (Phil Saviano)
Billy Crudup — Acting (Eric MacLeish)
Michael Countryman — Acting (Richard Gilman)
Laurie Heineman — Acting (Judge Constance Sweeney)
Richard Jenkins — Acting (Richard Sipe)
Michael Cyril Creighton — Acting (Joe Crowley)
Gene Amoroso — Acting (Stephen Kurkjian)
Maureen Keiller — Acting (Eileen McNamara)
David Fraser — Acting (John Albano)
Tim Progosh — Acting (Principal Bill Kemeza)
Jimmy LeBlanc — Acting (Patrick McSorley)

Writing

Josh Singer — Screenwriting
Tom McCarthy — Screenwriting

Production

Blye Pagon Faust — Production

Music

Howard Shore — Music composition

Cinematography

Masanobu Takayanagi — Cinematography

Editing

Tom McArdle — Editing

Costume

Wendy Chuck — Costume design

Versions and cuts

No versions have been documented yet.

Releases by territory

United States · Original release
6 Nov 2015Checked 11 Sep 2026
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