Movie·1987·1h 48m
J. Edgar Hoover
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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The Story
He battled the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, encouraged McCarthy and single-handedly changed the course of history. Hired by F.D.R. to be the director of the FBI, Hoover erected the most sophisticated investigatory agency in the world.
Producer
Robert L. Collins, Bill Finnegan
Cinematography
Tim Suhrstedt
Music
J. Peter Robinson
Editor
Patrick Kennedy
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Treat Williams
J. Edgar Hoover
Rip Torn
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Louise Fletcher
Annie M. Hoover
David Ogden Stiers
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Hallahan
Joseph McCarthy
Art Hindle
John F. Kennedy
Andrew Duggan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charles Levin
Producer
Robert Alan Browne
Gaston Means
Walker Edmiston
Harry S. Truman
John McLiam
A. Mitchell Palmer
Robert Harper
Clyde Tolson
// crew
Crew
Robert L. Collins
Producer, Director, Writer
Patrick Kennedy
Editor
Bill Finnegan
Executive Producer
Tim Suhrstedt
Director of Photography
J. Peter Robinson
Original Music Composer
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