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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.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and prestige.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Bryan CranstonDalton Trumbo
- Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeVirgil Brooks
- Louis C.K.Arlen Hird
- David James ElliottJohn Wayne
- Elle FanningNiki Trumbo
- John GoodmanFrank King
- Diane LaneCleo Trumbo
- Michael StuhlbargEdward G. Robinson
- Alan TudykIan McLellan Hunter
- Helen MirrenHedda Hopper
Crew
- Jay RoachDirector
- John McNamaraWriter
- Jim DenaultDirector of Photography
- Theodore ShapiroOriginal Music Composer
- Alan BaumgartenEditor
- Jay RoachProducer
- Kevin Kelly BrownProducer
- Monica LevinsonProducer
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