

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)
Unit Production Manager
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Set Decoration
Art Direction
Associate Producer

Producer

Prosthetics

Director
Book
Producer
Producer

Producer
Producer

Producer

Producer

Producer
Co-Producer
Executive Producer

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography
Editor
Casting
Production Design
Art Direction
Stunt Double
Stunt Coordinator

"A" Camera Operator

Steadicam Operator

Writer

Costume Design