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The Last Thing He Wanted

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The Last Thing He Wanted — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • February 14, 2020
  • Runtime
  • 116 min
  • Genres
  • Drama, Thriller
  • Director
  • Dee Rees

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The Last Thing He Wanted — Cast

Anne Hathaway photo Anne Hathaway Elena McMahon Ben Affleck photo Ben Affleck Treat Morrison Rosie Perez photo Rosie Perez Alma Guerrero Willem Dafoe photo Willem Dafoe Richard McMahon Edi Gathegi photo Edi Gathegi Jones Mel Rodriguez photo Mel Rodriguez Barry Sedlow Onata Aprile photo Onata Aprile Cat McMahon Toby Jones photo Toby Jones Paul Schuster

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