- HD 1080
- Runtime: 112m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Michael Cuesta
- Stars: Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Sheen, Ray Liotta, Robert Patrick
- keywords: central intelligence agency (cia), drug trafficking, biography, crack cocaine, government conspiracy, investigative journalism, american journalist, san jose, california
- Production_studio: The Combine, Focus Features, Sierra/Affinity, Bluegrass Films
- Slogan: Can you keep a national secret?
- providers: Kino Film Collection
- The Kill the Messenger is featured in the top rankings of 2014
- #41 in Top Crime Movies of 2014
- #51 in Top Thriller Movies of 2014
- #22 in Top Mystery Movies of 2014
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.