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The Founder (2016)

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

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 & Crew

Director
John Lee Hancock
  • Profile picture of Michael Keaton
    Ray Kroc Michael Keaton
  • Profile picture of Nick Offerman
    Dick McDonald Nick Offerman
  • Profile picture of John Carroll Lynch
    Mac McDonald John Carroll Lynch
  • Profile picture of Linda Cardellini
    Joan Smith Linda Cardellini
  • Profile picture of B.J. Novak
    Harry J. Sonneborn B.J. Novak
  • Profile picture of Laura Dern
    Ethel Kroc Laura Dern
  • Profile picture of Justin Randell Brooke
    Fred Turner Justin Randell Brooke
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    June Martino Kate Kneeland

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