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Useful Idiots poster

Useful Idiots Cast & Characters

Useful Idiots stars Meryl Streep as Diane Castle and Sigourney Weaver. Below is the full cast and crew.

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Starring Cast
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Meryl Streep
Diane Castle
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Sigourney Weaver
Key crew
Director
Joseph Cedar
Screenplay
Joseph Cedar
Producers
Jonathan King , Zhang Xin , Bruce Cohen , William Horberg , Graham Taylor , Christopher Slager , Dan Guando

Full cast

2 cast members
Meryl Streep
Diane Castle
Sigourney Weaver

Crew by department

10 crew members

Writing

Joseph Cedar
Writer
Shachar Bar-On
Co-Writer