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J. Edgar Hoover

19871h 48mPGMovieTV MovieHistoryDrama

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.

DirectorRobert L. Collins
WriterRobert L. Collins
ProducersBill Finnegan·Robert L. Collins

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Cast · Directed by Robert L. Collins

TWTreat Williams
Treat Williams
J. Edgar Hoover
RTRip Torn
Rip Torn
Lyndon Baines Johnson
LFLouise Fletcher
Louise Fletcher
Annie M. Hoover
DSDavid Ogden Stiers
David Ogden Stiers
Franklin D. Roosevelt
CHCharles Hallahan
Charles Hallahan
Joseph McCarthy
AHArt Hindle
Art Hindle
John F. Kennedy
ADAndrew Duggan
Andrew Duggan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
CLCharles Levin
Charles Levin
Producer
RB
Robert Alan Browne
Gaston Means
WEWalker Edmiston
Walker Edmiston
Harry S. Truman
JMJohn McLiam
John McLiam
A. Mitchell Palmer
RHRobert Harper
Robert Harper
Clyde Tolson

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