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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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