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Director

Tom McCarthy

Cast

Mark Ruffalo as Michael Rezendes

Michael Keaton as Walter “Robby” Robinson

Rachel McAdams as Sacha Pfeiffer

Liev Schreiber as Marty Baron

John Slattery as Ben Bradlee Jr.

Brian d’Arcy James as Matt Carroll

Stanley Tucci as Mitchell Garabedian

Billy Crudup as Eric MacLeish

Paul Guilfoyle as Peter Conley

Jamey Sheridan as Jim Sullivan

Len Cariou as Cardinal Law

Neal Huff as Phil Saviano

Michael Cyril Creighton as Joe Crowley

Writers

Josh Singer (written by)

Tom McCarthy (written by)


Summary

In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.
In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.

Genre

Drama

Released

November 20, 2015

Runtime

2hrs 8min

MPAA

R, for some language including sexual references

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