The Last Thing He Wanted

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Overview

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

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