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The Founder (2016)

US:: PG-13 UK:: 12A 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.

Updated Jun 1 2020

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ambition greed biography family business hamburger salesman fast food mcdonald's restaurant franchise 1950s burger

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Runtime: 115 mins Revenue: $23,964,782 Budget: $25,000,000 Rating: 7.1 Tag Line: Risk taker. Rule breaker. Game changer. Homepage: Website

Cast

Linda Cardellini

Joan Smith

Michael Keaton

Ray Kroc

John Carroll Lynch

Mac McDonald

Laura Dern

Ethel Kroc

Nick Offerman

Dick McDonald

Patrick Wilson

Rollie Smith

Wilbur Fitzgerald

Jerry Cullen

Griff Furst

Jim Zien