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
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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