The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.

Bryan Cranston
as Dalton Trumbo

Diane Lane
as Cleo Trumbo

Helen Mirren
as Hedda Hopper

Elle Fanning
as Nikola Trumbo

Louis C.K.
as Arlen Hird

John Goodman
as Frank King

Michael Stuhlbarg
as Edward G. Robinson

David James Elliott
as John Wayne

Roger Bart
as Buddy Ross

Mark Harelik
as Ed Muhl
Reno
> He's a gifted writer yet different from others around him. I think it was a sensitive subject for a movie, especially to be made in Hollywood. Communism and United States are like two opposite poles. So portraying an American who supports it is a challenging task for any moviemakers. But the di...