Directed by:
Irwin WinklerScreenplay:
Irwin WinklerCinematography:
Michael BallhausComposer:
James Newton HowardCast:
Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt, Patricia Wettig, Sam Wanamaker, Luke Edwards, Chris Cooper, Ben Piazza, Martin Scorsese, Barry Primus (more)Plots(1)
When director David Merrill is questioned by the communist-hunting House Committee on Un-American Activities, he finds himself blacklisted and unable to find work with any studio in town. He's offered a plum new project, but only if he testifies against his innocent friends. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Robert De Niro](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/725/163725860_6555e2.jpg)
Robert De Niro
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
![Annette Bening](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/544/162544390_f7a866.jpg)
Annette Bening
USA
Best movies:
American Beauty (1999)
Mother and Child (2009)
Valmont (1989)
![George Wendt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416803_43e5f2.jpg)
George Wendt
USA
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation)
I Lost My Body (2019)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Patricia Wettig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276107_f04d11.jpg)
Patricia Wettig
USA
Best movies:
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
City Slickers (1991)
Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV movie)
![Sam Wanamaker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/245/158245568_d2464e.jpg)
Sam Wanamaker
USA
Best movies:
![Luke Edwards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/111/158111816_3b1631.jpg)
Luke Edwards
USA
Best movies:
I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989) (TV movie)
Newsies (1992)
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
![Chris Cooper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/451/161451798_503ea7.png)
Chris Cooper
USA
Best movies:
American Beauty (1999)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
![Ben Piazza](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886357_fb39e1.jpg)
Ben Piazza
USA
Best movies:
Ściana (1982) (TV movie)
Mask (1985)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
![Martin Scorsese](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/528/164528271_3b16f0.jpg)
Martin Scorsese
USA
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
Pavlova: A Woman for All Time (1983)
'Round Midnight (1986)
![Barry Primus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269926_6d1b5c.jpg)
Barry Primus
USA
Best movies:
The Rose (1979)
James Dean (2001) (TV movie)
Bolero (1981)
![Gailard Sartain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/405/405058_63d7cc.jpg)
Gailard Sartain
USA
Best movies:
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The Moderns (1988)
![Robin Gammell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426664_a7ee17.jpg)
Robin Gammell
Canada
Best movies:
Contact (1997)
The Blue and the Gray (1982) (series)
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989) (TV movie)
![Tom Sizemore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/229/167229278_2bf69e.jpg)
Tom Sizemore
USA
Best movies:
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Heat (1995)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
![Roxann Dawson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269102_3ab196.jpg)
Roxann Dawson
USA
Best movies:
The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988) (series)
Chorus Line (1985)
Bound by Honor (1993)
![Stuart Margolin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/150/678/150678503_a1595f.jpg)
Stuart Margolin
USA
Best movies:
Days of Heaven (1978)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Death Wish (1974)
![Illeana Douglas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272535_ba9635.jpg)
Illeana Douglas
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Cape Fear (1991)
![Adam Baldwin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267368_fea8aa.jpg)
Adam Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Ordinary People (1980)
Radio Flyer (1992)
Craig Smith
Best movies:
Bad Taste (1987)
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
![Jon Tenney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/440/162440459_6d739a.png)
Jon Tenney
USA
Best movies:
A Year in Mooring (2011)
You Can Count on Me (2000)
Tombstone (1993)
![Stephen Root](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/679/162679563_675303.png)
Stephen Root
USA
Best movies:
Finding Nemo (2003)
Ice Age (2002)
No Country for Old Men (2007)