
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture.
1977 en 112 minutes
Rating: 5
Plot
The story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. The film follows Hoover from his racket-busting days through his reign under eight U.S. presidents.
Trailer
Cast

Broderick Crawford
J. Edgar Hoover

James Wainwright
Young Hoover

Michael Parks
Robert F. Kennedy

José Ferrer
Lionel McCoy

Celeste Holm
Florence Hollister

Rip Torn
Dwight Webb

Dan Dailey
Clyde Tolson

Ronee Blakley
Carrie DeWitt

Howard Da Silva
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt

John Marley
Dave Hindley

Michael Sacks
Melvin Purvis

Raymond St. Jacques
Martin Luther King

June Havoc
Hoover's Mother

Lloyd Nolan
Attorney General Harlan Stone

Andrew Duggan
Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson

Jack Cassidy
Damon Runyon

George Plimpton
Quentin Reynolds

Lloyd Gough
Walter Winchell

William Jordan
Pres. John F. Kennedy

Brad Dexter
Alvin Karpis

George D. Wallace
Senator Joseph McCarthy

Henderson Forsythe
Suydam

Fred J. Scollay
Putnam

William Wellman Jr.
Dwight Webb Sr.

Ellen Barber
Janice Harper

Art Lund
Benchley

Mary Alice Moore
Miss Bryant

Jim Antonio
Senator Kenneth McKellar

Gregg Abels
President's Aide

Dan Resin
President's Advisor

James Dixon
Reilly

Penny du Pont
Newscaster

Alvin Miles
Valet

John Bay
Heywood Brown

Brooks Morton
Earl Warren

Richard M. Dixon
The President

James Dukas
Frank

Ron Faber
Hijacker

Sam Chew Jr.
FBI Agent

Paul Thomas
FBI Agent

Ken Harvey
FBI Agent

Jack Drummond
FBI Agent

Colin Bremner
FBI Agent

Dana Rowe
FBI Agent

Hanns Manship
FBI Agent

Ed Nast
FBI Agent

Tanya Roberts
Stewardess

Margo Lynn Curtis
Stewardess

Larry Pine
Kelly

John Stefano
Harry Brunette

Jennifer Lee Pryor
Ethel Brunette

Gwyn Gilliss
Mary Jo Kopechne (voice)

Bruce Weitz
Voice on Tape

Wyman Kane
Senator Markum

Gordon Zimmerman
Louis Lepke

Marty Lee
Mafia Man

Reno Carrel
Dillinger

Frank Rohrbach
White House Aide

Marshall Bordon
White House Aide

Joe Mayo
White House Aide

Joe ArrowSmith
Newspaper Man