The Last Thing He Wanted

Feb 14, 2020

1h 56m

★ 4.9

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Elevated Films

Little Red Hen

The Fyzz

The Last Thing He Wanted Trailers

Cast

Elena McMahon

Anne Hathaway

Treat Morrison

Ben Affleck

Alma Guerrero

Rosie Perez

Richard McMahon

Willem Dafoe

Jones

Edi Gathegi

Barry Sedlow

Mel Rodriguez

Cat McMahon

Onata Aprile

Paul Schuster

Toby Jones

Max Epperson aka Bob Weir

Carlos Leal

Max Berquist

Ben Chase

Secretary George Shultz

Julian Gamble

Stewart James

Robert Sedgwick

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