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