
TMDb Rating
7.1/10
5,263 verified votes
The Founder (2016)
DramaHistory
115 min
"He took someone else's idea and America ate it up."
Plot Summary
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.
Director
John Lee Hancock
Top Cast
Michael KeatonNick OffermanJohn Carroll LynchLinda CardelliniB. J. Novak
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