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Kill the Messenger

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 Contras/freedom fighters in Nicaragua.

Director

Michael Cuesta

Year

Genre

biography, crime, drama

Box Office

$2,450,846

Production

The Combine,Focus Features,Sierra/Affinity,Bluegrass Films

Awards

3 wins & 6 nominations

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Ronald J. Quail

Quail's Girlfriend

LA Sheriff

DEA Agent

Hajji Golightly

Bob

Anna Simons

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Ian Webb

Sue Webb

Rosemarie DeWitt

Eric Webb

Christine Webb

Sacramento Journalist

Rich Kline (as Josh Close)

Coral Baca

Rafael Cornejo

Russell Dodson

San Francisco Judge

DEA Agent Jones

Clay Edmund Kraski

Danilo Blandon

Alan Fenster

Tim Blake Nelson

Ricky Ross

Michael Kenneth Williams

Watts Girl

Kristen Danch-Powell

Ricky Ross Trial Judge

Jerry Ceppos

Guard

Manuel Rodriguez

Norwin Meneses

Hansjorg Baier

Soldier

Jonathan Fritschi

Fred Weil

DEA Agent Miller

Anonymous Agent

Marc Mansfield

Leo Wolinsky

Los Angeles Times Editor

Richard Zuckerman

Washington Post Editor

Doug Farah

David Lee Garver

Female Anchor

San Jose Mercury News Editor

Outside Counsel

Detective

E. Roger Mitchell

Man in Suit

John Cullen

Pete

Michael H. Cole

Ricky Ross Henchman

DEA Agent

Reporter Washington Post

DC Business Woman

Talk Show Producer

Cop

LA Times Journalist

Prisoner

CIA Agent

Washington, DC Lobbyist

Gang Banger

Self - Director of CIA (archive footage)

Prison Warden

Orlando Vargas Diaz

Tourist

Nathan Ferguson

Attorney

John Fleischmann

Inmate / Caddy

Georgy Fontanals

Self

LA Journalist

Kidnapper

CIA Agent

Taxi Driver

Eduardo Gonzalez

Car Passenger

Courtroom Sheriff / CIA Agent

San Jose Mercury Journalist

Neighbor

Sandra Harrison

Coroner - Morgue

Latin America Town Street Vendor

Pedestrian / Car Driver

Prisoner

Washington Post Journalist

Self (archive footage)

Dallas Morning News Journalist

San Jose Mercury Journalist

San Jose Mercury Reporter

Nicaraguan Villager

Cab Driver

Gang Member

Marc-Henry Lazarre

Deputy Sheriff

Scott Ledbetter

Gang Banger

Jaguar Driver

The Man at Door

Marc Mansfield's Secretary

Journalist

Prisoner

Anthony R. McClara

San Jose Journalist

Businessman

Hospital Administrtor

Prisoner

Mrs. The Diva Nelson

Journalist at the San Jose Newspaper

Self

American Van Driver

San Jose Mercury News Reporter

Cocktail Waitress

Suspicious Man

Jon Douglas Rainey

Self

Jonathan Yarnold

Washington Post Journalist

Drug Runner Pilot

Self (archive footage)

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Fred Weil Gary Webb Norwin Meneses Alan Fenster Ian Webb Ricky Ross Dea Agent Miller Anonymous Agent John Cullen Outside Counsel Jerry Ceppos Anna Simons Pete Danilo Blandon Ricky Ross Trial Judge Russell Dodson

Public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse - Kill the Messenger

Public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse

Every time I ask for something - Kill the Messenger

Every time I ask for something

Look here man I was just the elf Blandon was Santa Claus - Kill the Messenger

Look here man I was just the elf Blandon was Santa Claus

Mr Blandon - Kill the Messenger

Can you tell us who in the federal government you - Kill the Messenger

Can you tell us who in the federal government you

Deciding whether to share it or not - Kill the Messenger

Deciding whether to share it or not

That's classified How did you get it - Kill the Messenger

That's classified How did you get it

That's classified How did you get it - Kill the Messenger

That's classified How did you get it

Some stories are just too true to tell - Kill the Messenger

Some stories are just too true to tell

My angle is that the American government knew drugs were - Kill the Messenger

My angle is that the American government knew drugs were

American kids did die They're still dying - Kill the Messenger

American kids did die They're still dying

I was you once Gary - Kill the Messenger

I was you once Gary

God I'm really disappointed in you - Kill the Messenger

God I'm really disappointed in you

I was recruited by the Agency - Kill the Messenger

I was recruited by the Agency

Nobody wants to hear your sad story Gary - Kill the Messenger

Nobody wants to hear your sad story Gary

OK let me catch you up to speed here counselor - Kill the Messenger

OK let me catch you up to speed here counselor

He said he never spoke to you - Kill the Messenger

He said he never spoke to you

I'm really proud of you - Kill the Messenger

I'm really proud of you

My first story was about a dog that should have died but wouldn't - Kill the Messenger

My first story was about a dog that should have died but...

I thought my job was to tell the public the truth - Kill the Messenger

I thought my job was to tell the public the truth

Carrying guns and drugs at the same time - Kill the Messenger

Carrying guns and drugs at the same time

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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 Contras/freedom fighters in Nicaragua.

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Director: Michael Cuesta

Writer: Peter Landesman, Gary Webb, Nick Schou

Production: The Combine,Focus Features,Sierra/Affinity,Bluegrass Films

Genre: biography, crime, drama

Year: 2014

MetaScore: 60/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: $2,450,846

Released: 09 Oct 2014

Awards: 3 wins & 6 nominations

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