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 |
| Production | Mark Gordon | Producer |
| Production | Betsy Beers | Producer |
| Production | Anthony Katagas | Executive Producer |
| Production | Leslie Holleran | Producer |
| Directing | Lasse Hallström | Director |
| Camera | Oliver Stapleton | Director of Photography |
| Production | Bob Yari | Producer |
| Sound | Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Ali Farrell | Casting |
| Production | Joshua Maurer | Producer |
| Editing | Andrew Mondshein | Editor |
| Production | Laura Rosenthal | Casting |
| Art | Mario Ventenilla | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | David C. Robinson | Costume Design |
| Art | Mark Ricker | Production Design |
| Art | Carol Silverman | Set Decoration |
| 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 |
| Production | Paul A. Levin | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Clifford Irving | Book |
| Writing | William Wheeler | Screenplay |
| Production | Suzanne Patmore Gibbs | Co-Producer |
| Production | Erin Eggers | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Mary A. Kelly | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Ken Regan | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Jim McConkey | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Jim McConkey | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Will Arnot | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Will Arnot | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Allan Byer | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tracy McKnight | Music Supervisor |
| Art | Amy Fritz | Art Department Coordinator |
| Crew | Drew Jiritano | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eileen Barrett | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milton Buras | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marta Lila Cintron | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | LuAnn Claps | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Angel O. Cruz | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kelly Gleason | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nydia Ibarra | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacqueline Jiménez | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyndell Quiyou | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marielena Ramirez | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amarilis Saldana | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Terri Trupp | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frances Valley | Hairstylist |
