Directed by:
Michael CuestaScreenplay:
Peter LandesmanCinematography:
Sean BobbittComposer:
Nathan JohnsonCast:
Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosemarie DeWitt, Oliver Platt, Michael Sheen, Paz Vega, Andy Garcia, Barry Pepper, Ray Liotta (more)VOD (1)
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Two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner ("The Bourne Legacy") leads an all-star cast in a dramatic thriller based on the remarkable true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb. Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation's streets...and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications. His journey takes him from the prisons of California to the villages of Nicaragua to the highest corridors of power in Washington, D.C. – and draws the kind of attention that threatens not just his career, but his family and his life. (Focus Features)
(more)Cast
![Jeremy Renner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/872/162872890_be0815.jpg)
Jeremy Renner
USA
Best movies:
Wind River (2017)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
The Avengers (2012)
![Mary Elizabeth Winstead](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/126/164126971_650fe7.jpg)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
USA
Best movies:
Die Hard 4 (2007)
Bobby (2006)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
![Rosemarie DeWitt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/212/166212033_f85102.jpg)
Rosemarie DeWitt
USA
Best movies:
The Boys (2019) (series)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Men, Women & Children (2014)
![Oliver Platt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/440/162440882_e23b11.jpg)
Oliver Platt
Canada
Best movies:
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Benny & Joon (1993)
![Michael Sheen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/543/162543987_3e9536.png)
Michael Sheen
UK
Best movies:
Blood Diamond (2006)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
The Damned United (2009)
![Paz Vega](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272182_9dd954.jpg)
Paz Vega
Spain
Best movies:
Talk to Her (2002)
Sex and Lucia (2001)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
![Andy Garcia](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/074/160074508_8de7e8.jpg)
Andy Garcia
Cuba
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Untouchables (1987)
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
![Barry Pepper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269035_ae0a3a.jpg)
Barry Pepper
Canada
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Enemy of the State (1998)
![Ray Liotta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/152/166152882_8f0912.jpg)
Ray Liotta
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
Blow (2001)
Marriage Story (2019)
![Michael Kenneth Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/367/367154_e4b434.jpg)
Michael Kenneth Williams
USA
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
When They See Us (2019) (series)
Gone, Baby, Gone (2007)
![Susan Walters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/128/165128519_ad37e4.jpg)
Susan Walters
USA
Best movies:
Texas Justice (1995) (TV movie)
Kill the Messenger (2014)
Defending Your Life (1991)
![Robert Patrick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/900/165900183_cfd343.jpg)
Robert Patrick
USA
Best movies:
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The X Files: Requiem (2000) (video compilation)
Stargate Atlantis: Rising (2004) (TV movie)
![Richard Schiff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269153_08c68b.jpg)
Richard Schiff
USA
![Tim Blake Nelson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270141_622d78.jpg)
Tim Blake Nelson
USA
Best movies:
Minority Report (2002)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Detachment (2011)
![Yul Vazquez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/235/164235947_0f053a.jpg)
Yul Vazquez
Cuba
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Captain Phillips (2013)
Traffic (2000)
![Rhoda Griffis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319114_a6d74a.jpg)
Rhoda Griffis
USA
Best movies:
Walk the Line (2005)
The Blind Side (2009)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
![Joshua Close](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273122_71830b.jpg)
Joshua Close
Canada
Best movies:
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
K-19 (2002)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
![Robert Pralgo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/386/386798_0f3226.jpg)
Robert Pralgo
USA
Best movies:
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Sully (2016)
The Blind Side (2009)
![Matt Lintz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/465/166465098_f3bcf0.jpg)
Matt Lintz
USA
Best movies:
Kill the Messenger (2014)
The Crazies (2010)
Free State of Jones (2016)
![Brett Rice](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/869/161869719_63fe5a.jpg)
Brett Rice
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
The Bear (1984)