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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.
Dalton Trumbo
Virgil Brooks
Arlen Hird
John Wayne
Niki Trumbo
Frank King
Cleo Trumbo
Edward G. Robinson
Ian McLellan Hunter
Hedda Hopper
Roy Brewer
Buddy Ross
Otto Preminger
Robert Kenny
Kirk Douglas
Louis B. Mayer
Hymie King
Rocco
Sam Wood
Party Goer
Chris Trumbo (age 6-10)
Rally Participant
Niki Trumbo (age 8-11)
Young Father
J. Parnell Thomas
Robert Stripling
Reporter
Jury Foreman
Jeff Krandall
Prison Guard
Mitzi Trumbo (age 6-8)
Chris Trumbo (age 10-12)
Mover
Next Door Neighbor
Messenger
Chris Trumbo (age 13-17)
Mitzi Trumbo (age 9-12)
Andrew Hird
Ed Muhl
Niki's Friend
Journalist
TV Interviewer
John F. Kennedy
DC Reporter
Master of Ceremonies
Chris Trumbo (age 29)
Starlet (uncredited)
Ethel (uncredited)
Showgirl (uncredited)
Trumbo Friend (uncredited)
Juror (uncredited)