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Rules Don't Apply

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.

2016 |2h 7m |  Romance, Comedy, Drama

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Cast

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Warren Beatty

Howard Hughes

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Lily Collins

Marla Mabrey

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Alden Ehrenreich

Frank Forbes

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Matthew Broderick

Levar Mathis

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Annette Bening

Lucy Mabrey

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Alec Baldwin

Bob Maheu

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Haley Bennett

Mamie Murphy

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Candice Bergen

Nadine Henly

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Dabney Coleman

Raymond Holliday

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Ed Harris

Mr. Bransford

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Martin Sheen

Noah Dietrich

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Paul Sorvino

Vernon Scott

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Oliver Platt

Forester

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Amy Madigan

Mrs. Bransford

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Taissa Farmiga

Sarah Bransford

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Michael Badalucco

Solly

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Steve Coogan

Colonel Nigel Briggs

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Megan Hilty

Sally

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Paul Schneider

Richard Miskin

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Chace Crawford

Young Actor

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Eileen Ryan

Frank's Grandmother

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Patrick Fischler

Director

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Ron Perkins

Senator Ferguson

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Peter MacKenzie

Gene Handsaker

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Julio Oscar Mechoso

President Somoza

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Hart Bochner

Colonel Willis

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Caitlin Carver

Marla Lookalike

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Evan O'Toole

Matt Mabrey

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Holmes Osborne

Cappy

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Ivar Brogger

T.V. Newsman #1

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Steve Tom

TV Newsman #2

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Louise Linton

Betty

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Christine Marzano

Carrie

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Graham Beckel

Wilbur

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James Keane

Tom

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Michael Cavanaugh

Methodist Minister

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Bruce Gray

Baptist Preacher

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Josh Casaubon

Marvin

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Marshall Bell

Colonel Maxwell

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Kyle Bornheimer

Concerned Orderly

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Nate Mooney

Orderly

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Lauri Johnson

Nurse

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Geoff Pierson

Merrill Lynch Executive

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Michael Badalucco

Solly the Barber

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James Gleason

Doctor Crone

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Joe Cortese

Mobster

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George Russo

Mobster

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Joey Diaz

Mobster

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James Martin Kelly

Mobster

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Johnny Williams

Mobster

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Luis Fernandez-Gil

Somoza's Aide

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Joshua Malina

Herb (uncredited)

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Billy Graham

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Frank Scozzari

RKO Studio Executive (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$25,000,000.00

Revenue

$3,900,000.00