Kill the Messenger

Kill the Messenger

6.6IMDb Score
Released:2014-10-09
Duration:112 min
Director:Michael Cuesta
Actors:Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Sheen, Ray Liotta, Robert Patrick
Production:The Combine, Focus Features, Sierra/Affinity, Bluegrass Films

Overview:

A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

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