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.
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Cast
32 people
Jeremy Renner
Gary Webb
Known for
Arrival
Hawkeye
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Anna Simons
Known for
10 Cloverfield Lane
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Michael Sheen
Fred Weil
Known for
Passengers
Good Omens
Ray Liotta
John Cullen
Known for
GoodFellas
Identity
Robert Patrick
Ronny Quail
Known for
Scorpion
Peacemaker
Andy Garcia
Norwin Meneses
Known for
Ocean's Eleven
Passengers
Paz Vega
Coral Baca
Known for
The OA
Rambo: Last Blood
Michael Kenneth Williams
Ricky Ross
Known for
The Wire
The Night Of
Rosemarie DeWitt
Sue Webb
Known for
La La Land
The Boys
Tim Blake Nelson
Alan Fenster
Known for
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Watchmen
Barry Pepper
Russell Dodson
Known for
Saving Private Ryan
Crawl
Oliver Platt
Jerry Ceppos
Known for
The Bear
Chicago Med
Michael Cuesta Director · Peter Landesman Screenplay Gary Webb Author
Worldwide gross $5.2M · Budget $5M · United States release October 10, 2014
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$5,200,000
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
The Combine
Production
Focus Features
Production · Studio
Sierra/Affinity
Production
Bluegrass Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
Canada · October 9, 2014
Theatrical
United States · October 10, 2014
Theatrical
Austria
November 27, 2014 · Digital
Brazil
December 11, 2014 · Theatrical
France
November 26, 2014 · Theatrical
Germany
September 10, 2015 · Theatrical
Greece
November 13, 2014 · Theatrical
April 16, 2015 · Physical · DVD, Blu-ray
Hong Kong SAR China
January 28, 2016 · Theatrical
Hungary
October 9, 2014 · Theatrical
February 11, 2015 · Physical · DVD
Ireland
March 6, 2015 · Digital
Italy
June 18, 2015 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 8, 2019 · TV · SBS 6
Portugal
October 16, 2014 · Theatrical
Spain
November 14, 2014 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 13, 2014 · Theatrical
Switzerland
November 26, 2014 · Digital
United Kingdom
November 27, 2014 · Theatrical
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