할리우드는 진정 어떤 곳이었을까. 신랄한 사회 비평가이자 알코올에 중독된 시나리오 작가 허먼 J. 맹키위츠. 그는 오슨 웰스의 시민 케인 시나리오를 마치고자 모든 것을 쏟고 있다. 그런 그의 시선으로 1930년대 할리우드를 새롭게 조명한다.
Gary Oldman
Herman Mankiewicz
Amanda Seyfried
Marion Davies
Lily Collins
Rita Alexander
Arliss Howard
Louis B. Mayer
Tom Pelphrey
Joseph Mankiewicz
Sam Troughton
John Houseman
Ferdinand Kingsley
Irving Thalberg
Tuppence Middleton
Sara Mankiewicz
Tom Burke
Orson Welles
Joseph Cross
Charles Lederer
Jamie McShane
Shelly Metcalf
Toby Leonard Moore
David O. Selznick
Charles Dance
William Randolph Hearst
Adam Shapiro
George S. Kaufman
John Churchill
Charles MacArthur
Jeff Harms
Ben Hecht
Sean Persaud
Tommy
Paul Fox
Joe Von Sternberg
Tom Simmons
Doctor
Julie Collis
Female Starlet
Arlo Mertz
Child Star
Jessie Cohen
Norma Shearer Thalberg
Lou George
Ed the Gate Guard
John Lee Ames
Grady
Bill Nye
Upton Sinclair
Richmond Arquette
Heckler
David Lee Smith
Sinclair Supporter
Flo Lawrence
Maude Anderson
Sebastian Faure
Movie Star #1
Randy Davison
Maître D
Christian Prentice
Emcee
Leven Rambin
Eve - Shelly's Girlfriend
Rick Pasqualone
Singer
Mark Fite
James Wilson
John Patrick Jordan
Best Original Screenplay Announcer
Ben Mankiewicz
Broadcaster, Academy Awards
Natalie Denise Sperl
Movie Star #2
Brian Michael Jones
Aide - Ben
Paul Carafotes
Assistant Director
Stewart Skelton
News Reel I
Keith Barber
News Reel III
Kaytlin Borgen
Mayer's Assistant
Madison West
Starlet #2
Elvy
Starlet #3
Wylie Small
Wife #2
Cary Christopher
Young Joseph Mankiewicz (uncredited)