At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.
Anne Hathaway
as Elena McMahon
Ben Affleck
as Treat Morrison
Rosie Perez
as Alma Guerrero
Willem Dafoe
as Richard McMahon
Edi Gathegi
as Jones
Mel Rodriguez
as Barry Sedlow
Onata Aprile
as Cat McMahon
Toby Jones
as Paul Schuster
Carlos Leal
as Max Epperson aka Bob Weir
Ben Chase
as Max Berquist
Julian Gamble
as Secretary George Shultz
Robert Sedgwick
as Stewart James
