The Founder

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

  • Rated 7.2 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2016
  • 1h 55m
  • Drama
  • History

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.

Director
John Lee Hancock
Starring
Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini

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

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