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The Founder (2016)

He took someone else's idea and America ate it up.

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The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

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Cast

  • Michael Keaton Michael Keaton Ray Kroc
  • Nick Offerman Nick Offerman Dick McDonald
  • John Carroll Lynch John Carroll Lynch Mac McDonald
  • Linda Cardellini Linda Cardellini Joan Smith
  • B.J. Novak B.J. Novak Harry J. Sonneborn
  • Laura Dern Laura Dern Ethel Kroc
  • Justin Randell Brooke Justin Randell Brooke Fred Turner
  • Kate Kneeland Kate Kneeland June Martino
  • Patrick Wilson Patrick Wilson Rollie Smith
  • Griff Furst Griff Furst Jim Zien
  • Wilbur Fitzgerald Wilbur Fitzgerald Jerry Cullen
  • David de Vries David de Vries Jack Horford
  • Andrew Benator Andrew Benator Leonard Rosenblatt
  • Cara Mantella Cara Mantella Myra Rosenblatt
  • Randall Taylor Randall Taylor Owner (Ed's Drive-In)
  • Lacey King Car Hop Girl (Ed's Drive-In)
  • Jeremy Madden Dennis
  • Rebecca Ray Rebecca Ray Car Hop Girl (Joe's Drive-In)

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