The Founder

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 HancockDirector
• Robert D. SiegelWriter
• Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer

• Michael KeatonRay Kroc
• Nick OffermanDick McDonald
• John Carroll LynchMac McDonald
• Linda CardelliniJoan Smith
• B.J. NovakHarry J. Sonneborn
• Laura DernEthel Kroc
• Justin Randell BrookeFred Turner
• Kate KneelandJune Martino
• Patrick WilsonRollie Smith
• Griff FurstJim Zien
• Wilbur FitzgeraldJerry Cullen
• David de VriesJack Horford