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TV Movie

RKO 281

1999·1h 26m·R
DramaBiography
IMDb Rating
★ 7.0/10
6,740 votes

Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane (1941), despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst.

RKO 281 is a 1999 drama biography movie directed by Benjamin Ross, starring James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.0/10 from 6,740 votes and runs 1h 26m.

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Director
Benjamin Ross
Stars
James Cromwell
Melanie Griffith
John Malkovich
Liev Schreiber
Details
1999-11-20
86 min
TV Movie
R
★ United Kingdom, United States
★ English
Keywords
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