The Last Thing He Wanted
2020•R•1h 56m•4.9•Released
DramaThriller
At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.
Director
Dee Rees
Writer
Marco Villalobos, Dee Rees
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Studio
Elevated Films
Cast
Anne Hathaway
Elena McMahon
Ben Affleck
Treat Morrison
Rosie Perez
Alma Guerrero
Willem Dafoe
Richard McMahon
Edi Gathegi
Jones
Mel Rodriguez
Barry Sedlow
Onata Aprile
Cat McMahon
Toby Jones
Paul Schuster
Carlos Leal
Max Epperson aka Bob Weir
Ben Chase
Max Berquist
Julian Gamble
Secretary George Shultz
Robert Sedgwick
Stewart James
Bill Kelly
General Gus Sharp
David Vadim
Buck Pearson
César Galindez
Red Truck Driver
Production
Company
Elevated Films
Company
Little Red Hen
Company
The Fyzz
Producer
Dee Rees
Producer
Luillo Ruiz
Producer
Cassian Elwes
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