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