Skip to content

Kill the Messenger

Can you keep a national secret?

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.

1h 52m2014RTMDb 6.6

CrimeDramaMysteryThriller

English

Crew and Cast

Michael CuestaMichael CuestaDirectorJeremy RennerJeremy RennerGary WebbMary Elizabeth WinsteadMary Elizabeth WinsteadAnna SimonsMichael SheenMichael SheenFred WeilRay LiottaRay LiottaJohn CullenRobert PatrickRobert PatrickRonny QuailAndy GarciaAndy GarciaNorwin MenesesPaz VegaPaz VegaCoral BacaMichael Kenneth WilliamsMichael Kenneth WilliamsRicky RossRosemarie DeWittRosemarie DeWittSue WebbTim Blake NelsonTim Blake NelsonAlan FensterBarry PepperBarry PepperRussell DodsonOliver PlattOliver PlattJerry CepposRichard SchiffRichard SchiffRichard ZuckermanJena SimsJena SimsQuail's GirlfriendJoshua CloseJoshua CloseRich KlineYul VazquezYul VazquezDanilo BlandonLucas HedgesLucas HedgesIan WebbMatt LintzMatt LintzEric WebbGil BellowsGil BellowsDEA Agent MillerSteve CoulterSteve CoulterAnonymous AgentDan FuttermanDan FuttermanLeo WolinskySusan WaltersSusan WaltersLos Angeles Times EditorDavid de VriesDavid de VriesWashington Post EditorDavid Lee GarverDavid Lee GarverDoug FarahRhoda GriffisRhoda GriffisFemale AnchorJen HarperJen HarperRicky Ross Trial JudgeDavid AlessiDavid AlessiDEA Agent
Grace BaineReporter Washington Post
Shaira BartonDC Business WomanNancy ReaganNancy Reagan

Storyline

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.

You Might Also Like

Canary Black

6.22024

Three Days of the Condor

7.31975

White Boy Rick

6.42018

The Insider

7.51999

Driven

6.22019

Nothing But the Truth

6.92008

Target Number One

6.22020

All the Old Knives

6.02022

The Public Eye

6.21992

Crisis

6.22021

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

6.92018

The November Man

6.12014

The Anderson Tapes

6.11971

A Working Man

6.72025

The Ghost Writer

6.82010

Layer Cake

6.92004

The Parallax View

6.81974

In Cold Light

5.92026

Cleaner

6.12007

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

6.12014

More Like This

The Fear of Disappearing
For Your Eyes Only

6.51981

The Living Daylights

6.61987

Licence to Kill

6.41989

The Last Emperor

7.61987

Ako listy jedného stromu

1980

Unacknowledged

6.32017

GoodFellas

8.41990

Gandhi

7.61982

Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case

6.72023

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

6.31999

JFK

7.61991

True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956

6.02025

The Elephant Man

8.01980

Kartini: Princess of Java

6.52017

Traffic

7.12000

The Sea Inside

7.62004

Malcolm X

7.51992

Drake of England

6.81935

James Dean

6.82001

Info

Status
Released
Released
9 October 2014
Runtime
1h 52m
Rating
R
TMDB score
6.6 / 10 (956 votes)

Production

Director
Michael Cuesta
Writers
Peter Landesman, Gary Webb, Nick Schou
Studios
The Combine, Focus Features, Sierra/Affinity
Countries
United States of America

Box Office

Budget
$5.0M
Revenue
$5.2M
Profit
$200,000.0
Return
1.0×

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English, Spanish