J. Edgar Hoover
19871h 48min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
January 11, 1987
Runtime
1h 48min
Director
Language
English
Production
Showtime Networks, RLC Productions, Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions
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