DramaHistory

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.

"He took someone else's idea and America ate it up."

Credits

Michael KeatonRay Kroc

Nick OffermanDick McDonald

John Carroll LynchMac McDonald

Linda CardelliniJoan Smith

B.J. NovakHarry J. Sonneborn