The Founder

The Founder

He took someone else's idea and America ate it up.

2016•1h 55m•7.1/10

DramaHistory

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7.1/10(5K)

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

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Production

Speedie Distribution, FilmNation Entertainment, Faliro House Productions, The Combine, The Weinstein Company

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton

Ray Kroc

Nick Offerman

Nick Offerman

Dick McDonald

John Carroll Lynch

John Carroll Lynch

Mac McDonald

Linda Cardellini

Linda Cardellini

Joan Smith

B. J. Novak

B. J. Novak

Harry J. Sonneborn

Laura Dern

Laura Dern

Ethel Kroc

Justin Randell Brooke

Justin Randell Brooke

Fred Turner

Kate Kneeland

Kate Kneeland

June Martino

Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson

Rollie Smith

Griff Furst

Griff Furst

Jim Zien

Wilbur Fitzgerald

Wilbur Fitzgerald

Jerry Cullen

David de Vries

David de Vries

Jack Horford

Andrew Benator

Andrew Benator

Leonard Rosenblatt

Cara Mantella

Cara Mantella

Myra Rosenblatt

Randall Taylor

Randall Taylor

Owner (Ed's Drive-In)

Lacey King

Car Hop Girl (Ed's Drive-In)

Jeremy Madden

Dennis

Rebecca Ray

Rebecca Ray

Car Hop Girl (Joe's Drive-In)

Adam Rosenberg

Adam Rosenberg

Employee (San Bernadino)

Jacinte Blankenship

Jacinte Blankenship

Woman (San Bernadino)

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