
Overview
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.
Trailer
Crew
DirectorJay Roach
WriterJohn McNamara
Cast

Bryan Cranston
Dalton Trumbo

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Virgil Brooks

Louis C.K.
Arlen Hird

David James Elliott
John Wayne

Elle Fanning
Niki Trumbo

John Goodman
Frank King

Diane Lane
Cleo Trumbo

Michael Stuhlbarg
Edward G. Robinson

Alan Tudyk
Ian McLellan Hunter

Helen Mirren
Hedda Hopper

Dan Bakkedahl
Roy Brewer

Roger Bart
Buddy Ross

Christian Berkel
Otto Preminger

Peter MacKenzie
Robert Kenny

Dean O'Gorman
Kirk Douglas

Richard Portnow
Louis B. Mayer

Stephen Root
Hymie King
Dave Maldonado
Rocco

John Getz
Sam Wood

Laura Flannery
Party Goer
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Keywords
parent child relationshipmovie businessscreenwriterbiographyhollywoodwritercommunismblacklistmccarthyism1940sold hollywood
Details
Budget
$15M
Revenue
$8M
TMDb Votes
1,685
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026













