

Rules Don't Apply(2016)
Overview
It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies Hughes' number one rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in very separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.
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Warren Beatty
Howard Hughes

Lily Collins
Marla Mabrey

Alden Ehrenreich
Frank Forbes

Matthew Broderick
Levar Mathis

Annette Bening
Lucy Mabrey

Alec Baldwin
Bob Maheu

Haley Bennett
Mamie Murphy

Candice Bergen
Nadine Henly

Dabney Coleman
Raymond Holliday

Ed Harris
Mr. Bransford

Martin Sheen
Noah Dietrich

Paul Sorvino
Vernon Scott

Oliver Platt
Forester

Amy Madigan
Mrs. Bransford

Taissa Farmiga
Sarah Bransford

Michael Badalucco
Solly

Steve Coogan
Colonel Nigel Briggs

Megan Hilty
Sally

Paul Schneider
Richard Miskin

Chace Crawford
Young Actor

Eileen Ryan
Frank's Grandmother

Patrick Fischler
Director

Ron Perkins
Senator Ferguson

Peter MacKenzie
Gene Handsaker

Julio Oscar Mechoso
President Somoza

Hart Bochner
Colonel Willis

Ashley Hamilton
Rudolf

Caitlin Carver
Marla Lookalike

Evan O'Toole
Matt Mabrey

Holmes Osborne
Cappy

Steven Mnuchin
Merrill Lynch Executive

Ivar Brogger
T.V. Newsman #1

Steve Tom
TV Newsman #2
Dan Desmond
Gladwin Hill
Karl Florine
Air Traffic Controller
Madisyn Ritland
Bella

Louise Linton
Betty

Christine Marzano
Carrie

Graham Beckel
Wilbur

James Keane
Tom
Andrew M. Chukerman
Pianist

Michael Cavanaugh
Methodist Minister

Bruce Gray
Baptist Preacher

Josh Casaubon
Marvin

Marshall Bell
Colonel Maxwell

Kyle Bornheimer
Concerned Orderly

Nate Mooney
Orderly
Matt Griesser
Orderly

Lauri Johnson
Nurse

Geoff Pierson
Merrill Lynch Executive
Evan Londo
Ice Cream Kid

Michael Badalucco
Solly the Barber
David 'Goldy' Goldsmith
Chef

James Gleason
Doctor Crone
Alan Daniels
Hughes Staffer

Joe Cortese
Mobster

George Russo
Mobster

Joey Diaz
Mobster

James Martin Kelly
Mobster

Johnny Williams
Mobster

Luis Fernandez-Gil
Somoza's Aide

Joshua Malina
Herb (uncredited)

Billy Graham
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert E. Kerr
Hughes Staffer (uncredited)
Robert Ratinoff
Rolls Royce Chauffeur (uncredited)

Frank Scozzari
RKO Studio Executive (uncredited)
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