The Founder (2016)

  • PG-13
  • 12/07/2016 (US)
  • Drama, History
  • 1h 55m

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

Overview

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.

John Lee Hancock

Director

Robert D. Siegel

Writer

Cast

Michael Keaton's headshot

Michael Keaton

Ray Kroc
Nick Offerman's headshot

Nick Offerman

Dick McDonald
John Carroll Lynch's headshot

John Carroll Lynch

Mac McDonald
Linda Cardellini's headshot

Linda Cardellini

Joan Smith
B.J. Novak's headshot

B.J. Novak

Harry J. Sonneborn
Laura Dern's headshot

Laura Dern

Ethel Kroc
Justin Randell Brooke's headshot

Justin Randell Brooke

Fred Turner
Kate Kneeland's headshot

Kate Kneeland

June Martino

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