The Founder

The Founder (2016) is a drama, history film directed by John Lee Hancock rated 7.1/10.

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.

Cast

Michael Keaton

Ray Kroc

Nick Offerman

Dick McDonald

John Carroll Lynch

Mac McDonald

Linda Cardellini

Joan Smith

B.J. Novak

Harry J. Sonneborn

Laura Dern

Ethel Kroc

Justin Randell Brooke

Fred Turner

Kate Kneeland

June Martino

Patrick Wilson

Rollie Smith

Griff Furst

Jim Zien

Wilbur Fitzgerald

Jerry Cullen

David de Vries

Jack Horford