

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.

Dalton Trumbo

Virgil Brooks

Arlen Hird

John Wayne

Niki Trumbo

Frank King

Cleo Trumbo

Edward G. Robinson

Ian McLellan Hunter

Hedda Hopper

Roy Brewer

Buddy Ross

Otto Preminger

Robert Kenny

Kirk Douglas

Louis B. Mayer

Hymie King

Rocco

Sam Wood

Party Goer

Chris Trumbo (age 6-10)

Rally Participant

Niki Trumbo (age 8-11)

Young Father

J. Parnell Thomas

Robert Stripling

Reporter

Reporter

Jury Foreman

Jeff Krandall

Prison Guard

Prison Guard

Mitzi Trumbo (age 6-8)

Chris Trumbo (age 10-12)

Mover

Next Door Neighbor

Messenger

Chris Trumbo (age 13-17)

Mitzi Trumbo (age 9-12)

Andrew Hird

Ed Muhl

Niki's Friend

Journalist

TV Interviewer

John F. Kennedy

DC Reporter

Master of Ceremonies

Chris Trumbo (age 29)

Starlet (uncredited)

Ethel (uncredited)

Showgirl (uncredited)

Trumbo Friend (uncredited)

Showgirl (uncredited)

Juror (uncredited)

Second Assistant Director

Unit Production Manager

First Assistant Director

Set Decoration

Producer

Associate Producer

Art Direction

Prosthetics

Director

Co-Producer

Executive Producer

Book

Producer

Director of Photography

Editor

Producer

Producer

Art Direction

Original Music Composer

Producer

Producer

Production Design

Producer

Casting

Producer

Stunt Double

Stunt Coordinator

"A" Camera Operator

Steadicam Operator

Writer

Costume Design