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

Jeremy Renner

Gary Webb

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Anna Simons

Michael Sheen

Fred Weil

Ray Liotta

John Cullen

Robert Patrick

Ronny Quail

Andy Garcia

Norwin Meneses

Paz Vega

Coral Baca

Michael Kenneth Williams

Ricky Ross

Rosemarie DeWitt

Sue Webb

Tim Blake Nelson

Alan Fenster

Jeremy Renner — Gary Webb

Jeremy Lee Renner (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead — Anna Simons

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (born November 28, 1984) is an American actress and singer. She's best known for her movie roles as Helena Bertinelli / Huntress in Birds of Prey (2020), John McClane's daughter Lucy Gennero-McClane in Live Free or Die Hard (2007) and A Good Day to Die Hard (2013), Holly Keely in The Spectacular Now (2013), Mary Todd Lincoln in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), and Ra

Michael Sheen — Fred Weil

Michael Christopher Sheen (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh actor and political activist. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s and made notable stage appearances in Romeo and Juliet (1992), Don't Fool With Love (1993), Peer Gynt (1994), The Seagull (1995), The Homecoming (1997), and Henry V (1997). His performances in Ama