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J. Edgar Hoover
RELEASED • 1987 • TV MOVIE • HISTORY • DRAMA
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Original
movie
Language
English
Runtime
108m
Popularity
Trending Up
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.
Cast
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Treat Williams
J. Edgar Hoover
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Rip Torn
Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Louise Fletcher
Annie M. Hoover
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Rip Torn
Lyndon Johnson
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David Ogden Stiers
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Charles Hallahan
Joseph McCarthy
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Art Hindle
John F. Kennedy
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Andrew Duggan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Charles Levin
Producer
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Robert Alan Browne
Gaston Means
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