J. Edgar Hoover

(en)

1987

1h48m

TV Movie

History

Drama

Overview: 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.

Status: Released

Release date: January 11, 1987

Countries of origin: United States of America,

Production companies

Showtime Networks

RLC Productions

Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions

Top Cast

Treat Williams

as J. Edgar Hoover

Rip Torn

as Lyndon Baines J...

Louise Fletcher

as Annie M. Hoover

David Ogden Stiers

as Franklin D. Roo...

Charles Hallahan

as Joseph McCarthy

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