The Central Intelligence Agency.

Description: Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contras/freedom fighters in Nicaragua.

Cast:
Gary Webb: Jeremy Renner
Ronald J. Quail: Robert Patrick
Quail's Girlfriend: Jena Sims
LA Sheriff: Robert Pralgo
DEA Agent: David Alessi
Bob: Ted Huckabee
Anna Simons: Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Ian Webb: Lucas Hedges
Sue Webb: Rosemarie DeWitt
Eric Webb: Matt Lintz
Christine Webb: Parker Douglas
Sacramento Journalist: Kai Schmoll
Rich Kline (as Josh Close): Joshua Close
Coral Baca: Paz Vega
Rafael Cornejo: Aaron Farb
Russell Dodson: Barry Pepper
San Francisco Judge: Tom Jordan
DEA Agent Jones: Clay Edmund Kraski
Danilo Blandon: Yul Vazquez
Alan Fenster: Tim Blake Nelson
Ricky Ross: Michael Kenneth Williams
Watts Girl: Kristen Danch-Powell
Ricky Ross Trial Judge: Jen Harper
Jerry Ceppos: Oliver Platt
Guard: Manuel Rodriguez
Norwin Meneses: Andy Garcia
Hansjorg Baier: Brett Rice
Soldier: Jonathan Fritschi
Fred Weil: Michael Sheen
DEA Agent Miller: Gil Bellows
Anonymous Agent: Steve Coulter
Marc Mansfield: Kenny Alfonso
Leo Wolinsky: Dan Futterman
Los Angeles Times Editor: Susan Walters
Richard Zuckerman: Richard Schiff
Washington Post Editor: David de Vries
Doug Farah: David Lee Garver
Female Anchor: Rhoda Griffis
San Jose Mercury News Editor: Andrew Masset
Outside Counsel: Brik Berkes
Detective: E. Roger Mitchell
Man in Suit: Kevin Harrison
John Cullen: Ray Liotta
Pete: Michael H. Cole
Ricky Ross Henchman: Som Aidoo
Reporter Washington Post: Grace Baine
DC Business Woman: Shaira Barton
Talk Show Producer: Brie Beckman
Cop: Dan Caudill
LA Times Journalist: Paul Chappell
Prisoner: Mrs. The Diva Nelson
CIA Agent: Jeff Glover
Washington, DC Lobbyist: Scot Cregan
Gang Banger: Dominic M. Lee
Self - Director of CIA (archive footage): John Deutch
Prison Warden: Orlando Vargas Diaz
Tourist: Nathan Ferguson
Attorney: John Fleischmann
Inmate / Caddy: Georgy Fontanals
Self: Nancy Reagan
LA Journalist: Fred Galle
Kidnapper: Jacob Garcia
Taxi Driver: Eduardo Gonzalez
Car Passenger: Shawn Gonzalez
Courtroom Sheriff / CIA Agent: Danny M. Gray
San Jose Mercury Journalist: Adam Klein
Neighbor: Sandra Harrison
Coroner - Morgue: Lew Herman
Latin America Town Street Vendor: Roger Herrera
Pedestrian / Car Driver: Jamie Hodge
Washington Post Journalist: Ron Stafford
Self (archive footage): Gary Webb
Dallas Morning News Journalist: Jesse Kindred
San Jose Mercury Reporter: Rob Koebel
Nicaraguan Villager: Omar Lagudali
Cab Driver: Marcus LaRon
Gang Member: Marc-Henry Lazarre
Deputy Sheriff: Scott Ledbetter
Jaguar Driver: James Lewis
The Man at Door: Ryan Lewis
Marc Mansfield's Secretary: Trina Lloyd
Journalist:
San Jose Journalist: Trey McGriff
Businessman: Neal McNeil
Hospital Administrtor: John Merical
Journalist at the San Jose Newspaper: Ryan Nesset
American Van Driver: James Northway
San Jose Mercury News Reporter: David Peavy
Cocktail Waitress: Carson Pursley
Suspicious Man: Jon Douglas Rainey
Jonathan Yarnold: Michael Rose
Drug Runner Pilot: Eddie Terrill

Written by: Peter Landesman, Gary Webb, Nick Schou

Director: Michael Cuesta

Production: The Combine, Focus Features, Sierra/Affinity, Bluegrass Films

Release date: 09 Oct 2014

Box Office: $2,450,846