J. Edgar Hoover (film)
J. Edgar Hoover is a 1987 made-for-television biopic starring Treat Williams as the eponymous J. Edgar Hoover, the long-serving (1924 - 1972) Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The film is based on the book The Bureau: My 30 Years in Hoover's FBI by William C. Sullivan and William S. Brown and dramatises key points in Hoover's life between the time he joined the U.S. Justice Department in 1919 and his death in May 1972.
| J. Edgar Hoover | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | The Bureau: My 30 Years in Hoover's FBI by William C. Sullivan & William S. Brown |
| Written by | Robert L. Collins |
| Directed by | Robert L. Collins |
| Starring | Joe Regalbuto Walker Edmiston John McLiam |
| Theme music composer | J. Peter Robinson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Bill Finnegan Patricia Finnegan Sheldon Pinchuk |
| Producer(s) | Robert L. Collins Scott Winant (co-producer) Christina Hornisher (associate producer) E. Darrell Hallenbeck (supervising producer) |
| Cinematography | Tim Suhrstedt |
| Editor(s) | Patrick Kennedy |
| Running time | 108 min. |
| Production company(s) | Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions RLC Productions Showtime Networks |
| Distributor | Showtime Networks |
| Release | |
| Original network | Showtime |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | January 11, 1987 |
Cast
- Treat Williams - J. Edgar Hoover
- Robert Alan Browne - Gaston Means
- Mark Carlton - 1st Agent
- Andrew Duggan - Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Louise Fletcher - Annie M. Hoover
- Charles Hallahan - Joseph McCarthy
- Art Hindle - John F. Kennedy
- Erik Holland - William J. Burns
- James F. Kelly - Robert F. Kennedy (one of seven appearances as RFK)
- Paul Kent - Harry M. Daugherty
- Lee Kessler - Helen Gandy
- Charles Levin - Producer
- John McLiam - A. Mitchell Palmer
- F.J. O'Neil - Harry Vaughn
- Ford Rainey - Harlan Fiske Stone
- Joe Regalbuto - William C. Sullivan
- David Ogden Stiers - Franklin D. Roosevelt
- William Traylor - Nicholas Katzenbach
- Harvey Vernon - Senator George W. Norris
- Mills Watson - Senator Kenneth McKellar
- Anthony Palmer - Richard M. Nixon
- Rip Torn - Lyndon B. Johnson
- Don Draper - Maitre d'
- Paul Keith - Doctor
- Gracia Lee - Annie
- Cliff Murdock - Carl Mathews
- Michael Griswold - Congressman Hale Boggs
- Walker Edmiston - Harry S. Truman
- Robert Harper - Clyde Tolson
Crew
- Robert E. Collins - Director
- J. Peter Robinson - Composer (Music Score)
- Patrick Kennedy - Editor
- Ward Preston - Production Designer
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