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A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
Language
Budget$5,000,000
Revenue $5,200,000
English,
Español
Budget$5,000,000
Revenue $5,200,000
Keywords
central intelligence agency (cia)
drug trafficking
biography
crack cocaine
government conspiracy
investigative journalism
american journalist
san jose, california
Casts

Jeremy Renner
Gary Webb

Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Anna Simons

Michael Sheen
Fred Weil

Ray Liotta
John Cullen

Robert Patrick
Ronny Quail

Andy García
Norwin Meneses

Paz Vega
Coral Baca

Michael Kenneth Williams
Ricky Ross

Rosemarie DeWitt
Sue Webb

Tim Blake Nelson
Alan Fenster

Barry Pepper
Russell Dodson

Oliver Platt
Jerry Ceppos

Richard Schiff
Richard Zuckerman

Jena Sims
Quail's Girlfriend

Joshua Close
Rich Kline

Yul Vazquez
Danilo Blandon

Lucas Hedges
Ian Webb

Matt Lintz
Eric Webb

Gil Bellows
DEA Agent Miller

Steve Coulter
Anonymous Agent

Dan Futterman
Leo Wolinsky

Susan Walters
Los Angeles Times Editor

David de Vries
Washington Post Editor

David Lee Garver
Doug Farah

Rhoda Griffis
Female Anchor

Jen Harper
Ricky Ross Trial Judge

David Alessi
DEA Agent (uncredited)
Grace Baine
Reporter Washington Post (uncredited)
Shaira Barton
DC Business Woman (uncredited)

Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Parker Douglas
Christine Webb

James Lewis
Jaguar Driver
Crews

Pamela Abdy
Executive Producer
Michael Bederman
Executive Producer
Don Handfield
Executive Producer

Peter Landesman
Executive Producer

Brian A. Kates
Editor

John Paino
Production Design

Avy Kaufman
Casting

Kimberly Adams
Costume Design
Doug Hall
Costume Design

Michael Cuesta
Director

Peter Landesman
Screenplay
Naomi Despres
Producer

Jeremy Renner
Producer

Scott Stuber
Producer
Louis Phillips
Executive In Charge Of Production

Nathan Johnson
Original Music Composer

Sean Bobbitt
Cinematography
Gary Webb
Novel
Nick Schou
Novel
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