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Kill the Messenger

2014·1h 52m·R
DramaMysteryBiographyCrimeThriller
IMDb Rating
★ 6.9/10
50,276 votes
Metascore
60
Metacritic

Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contra insurgents in Nicaragua.

Kill the Messenger is a 2014 drama mystery movie directed by Michael Cuesta, starring Robert Patrick, Jeremy Renner, Robert Pralgo. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.9/10 from 50,276 votes and runs 1h 52m.

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Director
Michael Cuesta
Stars
Robert Patrick
Jeremy Renner
Robert Pralgo
Jena Sims
Details
2014-10-09
112 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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