Rules Don't Apply

Nov 23, 2016

2h 7m

★ 5.7

Overview

It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies Hughes' number one rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in very separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Tatira

Shangri-La Entertainment

New Regency Pictures

Demarest Films

Considered Entertainment

Robson Orr Entertainment

Fiore Group

Windsor Media

RatPac Entertainment

Worldview Entertainment

Rules Don't Apply Trailers

Cast

Howard Hughes

Warren Beatty

Marla Mabrey

Lily Collins

Frank Forbes

Alden Ehrenreich

Levar Mathis

Matthew Broderick

Lucy Mabrey

Annette Bening

Bob Maheu

Alec Baldwin

Mamie Murphy

Haley Bennett

Nadine Henly

Candice Bergen

Raymond Holliday

Dabney Coleman

Mr. Bransford

Ed Harris

Noah Dietrich

Martin Sheen

Vernon Scott

Paul Sorvino

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