Het waargebeurde verhaal van Clifford Irving (Richard Gere), die begin jaren '70 beweert de ghostwriter te zijn van een autobiografie van Howard Hughes. Echter, Irving had Hughes nooit ontmoet, en had in plaats daarvan alle gebeurtenissen in het boek volledig verzonnen.
Nee, helaas is The Hoax nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Gary Levinsohn | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Betsy Beers | Producer |
| Directing | Lasse Hallström | Director |
| Camera | Oliver Stapleton | Director of Photography |
| Production | Bob Yari | Producer |
| Production | Mark Gordon | Producer |
| Art | Mario Ventenilla | Art Direction |
| Production | Anthony Katagas | Executive Producer |
| Production | Leslie Holleran | Producer |
| Art | Mark Ricker | Production Design |
| Art | Carol Silverman | Set Decoration |
| Production | Ali Farrell | Casting |
| Production | Joshua Maurer | Producer |
| Editing | Andrew Mondshein | Editor |
| Production | Laura Rosenthal | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | David C. Robinson | Costume Design |
| Camera | Anne Joyce | Still Photographer |
| Production | Zoraida Sanjurjo López | Extras Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lizzie Ibarra | Hair Department Head |
| Production | Ines Mongil-Echandi | Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Jim McConkey | Steadicam Operator |
| Sound | Allan Byer | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Drew Jiritano | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Camera | Will Arnot | Camera Operator |
| Art | Amy Fritz | Art Department Coordinator |
| Camera | Ken Regan | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Will Arnot | Steadicam Operator |
| Sound | Tracy McKnight | Music Supervisor |
| Writing | Clifford Irving | Book |
| Writing | William Wheeler | Screenplay |
| Production | Erin Eggers | Co-Producer |
| Production | Paul A. Levin | Associate Producer |
| Production | Suzanne Patmore Gibbs | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Mary A. Kelly | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Jim McConkey | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | LuAnn Claps | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nydia Ibarra | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacqueline Jiménez | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kelly Gleason | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frances Valley | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Terri Trupp | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyndell Quiyou | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marielena Ramirez | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eileen Barrett | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marta Lila Cintron | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milton Buras | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Angel O. Cruz | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amarilis Saldana | Makeup Artist |
