"Kill the Messenger" quotes
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
Writer: Peter Landesman, Gary Webb, Nick Schou
Production: N/A
Year: 2014
MetaScore: 60/100
ImdbRating: 6.9
BoxOffice: $2,450,846
Released: 09 Oct 2014
Awards: 3 wins & 6 nominations
21 video clips
Cast
Gary Webb - Jeremy Renner
Ronald J. Quail - Robert Patrick
Quail's Girlfriend - Jena Sims
LA Sheriff - Robert Pralgo
DEA Agent - Hajji Golightly
Bob - Ted Huckabee
Anna Simons - Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Ian Webb - Lucas Hedges
Sue Webb - Rosemarie DeWitt
Eric Webb - Matt Lintz
Christine Webb - Parker Douglas
Sacramento Journalist - Kai Schmoll
Rich Kline (as Josh Close) - Joshua Close
Coral Baca - Paz Vega
Rafael Cornejo - Aaron Farb
Russell Dodson - Barry Pepper
San Francisco Judge - Tom Jordan
DEA Agent Jones - Clay Edmund Kraski
Danilo Blandon - Yul Vazquez
Alan Fenster - Tim Blake Nelson
Ricky Ross - Michael Kenneth Williams
Watts Girl - Kristen Danch-Powell
Ricky Ross Trial Judge - Jen Harper
Jerry Ceppos - Oliver Platt
Guard - Manuel Rodriguez
Norwin Meneses - Andy Garcia
Hansjorg Baier - Brett Rice
Soldier - Jonathan Fritschi
Fred Weil - Michael Sheen
DEA Agent Miller - Gil Bellows
Anonymous Agent - Steve Coulter
Marc Mansfield - Kenny Alfonso
Leo Wolinsky - Dan Futterman
Los Angeles Times Editor - Susan Walters
Richard Zuckerman - Richard Schiff
Washington Post Editor - David de Vries
Doug Farah - David Lee Garver
Female Anchor - Rhoda Griffis
San Jose Mercury News Editor - Andrew Masset
Outside Counsel - Brik Berkes
Detective - E. Roger Mitchell
Man in Suit - Kevin Harrison
John Cullen - Ray Liotta
Pete - Michael H. Cole
Ricky Ross Henchman - Som Aidoo
DEA Agent - David Alessi
Reporter Washington Post - Grace Baine
DC Business Woman - Shaira Barton
Talk Show Producer - Brie Beckman
Cop - Dan Caudill
LA Times Journalist - Paul Chappell
Prisoner - Raul Colon
CIA Agent - Vinny Costa
Washington, DC Lobbyist - Scot Cregan
Gang Banger - Joe Crosson
Self - Director of CIA (archive footage) - John Deutch
Prison Warden - Orlando Vargas Diaz
Tourist - Nathan Ferguson
Attorney - John Fleischmann
Inmate / Caddy - Georgy Fontanals
Self - Gerald Ford
LA Journalist - Fred Galle
Kidnapper - Jacob Garcia
CIA Agent - Jeff Glover
Taxi Driver - Eduardo Gonzalez
Car Passenger - Shawn Gonzalez
Courtroom Sheriff / CIA Agent - Danny M. Gray
San Jose Mercury Journalist - Chip Gunnell
Neighbor - Sandra Harrison
Coroner - Morgue - Lew Herman
Latin America Town Street Vendor - Roger Herrera
Pedestrian / Car Driver - Jamie Hodge
Prisoner - Darien Johnson
Washington Post Journalist - Jim Keisler
Self (archive footage) - John Kerry
Dallas Morning News Journalist - Jesse Kindred
San Jose Mercury Journalist - Adam Klein
San Jose Mercury Reporter - Rob Koebel
Nicaraguan Villager - Omar Lagudali
Cab Driver - Marcus LaRon
Gang Member - Marc-Henry Lazarre
Deputy Sheriff - Scott Ledbetter
Gang Banger - Dominic M. Lee
Jaguar Driver - James Lewis
The Man at Door - Ryan Lewis
Marc Mansfield's Secretary - Trina Lloyd
Journalist - Dan Martin
Prisoner - Anthony R. McClara
San Jose Journalist - Trey McGriff
Businessman - Neal McNeil
Hospital Administrtor - John Merical
Prisoner - Mrs. The Diva Nelson
Journalist at the San Jose Newspaper - Ryan Nesset
Self - Richard Nixon
American Van Driver - James Northway
San Jose Mercury News Reporter - David Peavy
Cocktail Waitress - Carson Pursley
Suspicious Man - Jon Douglas Rainey
Self - Nancy Reagan
Jonathan Yarnold - Michael Rose
Washington Post Journalist - Ron Stafford
Drug Runner Pilot - Eddie Terrill
Self (archive footage) - Gary Webb