The Last Thing He Wanted

Directed by Dee Rees

Written by Joan Didion, Marco Villalobos, Dee Rees

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.

Cast

Anne Hathaway

Elena McMahon

Ben Affleck

Treat Morrison

Rosie Perez

Alma Guerrero

Willem Dafoe

Richard McMahon

Edi Gathegi

Jones

Mel Rodriguez

Barry Sedlow

Onata Aprile

Cat McMahon

Toby Jones

Paul Schuster

Carlos Leal

Max Epperson aka Bob Weir

Ben Chase

Max Berquist

Julian Gamble

Secretary George Shultz

Robert Sedgwick

Stewart James