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Cradle Will Rock

Cradle Will Rock

Art is never dangerous... unless it tells the truth.

1999•2h 12m•6.4/10
Drama

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6.4/10(94)

A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

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Production

Touchstone Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Hank Azaria

Hank Azaria

Marc Blitzsetin

Rubén Blades

Rubén Blades

Diego Rivera

Joan Cusack

Joan Cusack

Hazel Huffman

John Cusack

John Cusack

Nelson Rockefeller

Cary Elwes

Cary Elwes

John Houseman

Philip Baker Hall

Philip Baker Hall

Gray Mathers

Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones

Hallie Flanagan

Angus Macfadyen

Angus Macfadyen

Orson Welles

Bill Murray

Bill Murray

Tommy Crickshaw

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Countess Constance La Grave

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon

Margherita Sarfatti

Jamey Sheridan

Jamey Sheridan

John Adair

John Turturro

John Turturro

Aldo Silvano

Emily Watson

Emily Watson

Olive Stanton

Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban

Harry Hopkins

Jack Black

Jack Black

Sid

Kyle Gass

Kyle Gass

Larry

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

Carlo

Barnard Hughes

Barnard Hughes

Frank Marvel

Barbara Sukowa

Barbara Sukowa

Sophie Silvano

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