The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977) - film review

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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover is an American film first released in 1977, directed by Larry Cohen. The film stars Broderick Crawford, James Wainwright, Michael Parks, José Ferrer and Celeste Holm. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Larry Cohen
Script: Larry Cohen
Photo: Paul Glickman
Music: Miklós Rózsa
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 Wallace (Senator Joseph McCarthy), Henderson Forsythe (Suydam), Fred J. Scollay (Putnam), William Wellman Jr. (Dwight Webb Sr.), Ellen Barber (Janice Harper – FBI Secretary), Art Lund (Benchley), Mary Alice Moore (Miss Bryant), Jim Antonio (Senator Kenneth McKellar), Gregory Abels (President’s Aide), Dan Resin (President’s Advisor), James Dixon (Reilly), Penny DuPont (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), Margolyn Curtis (Stewardess), Larry Pines, John Stefano, Jennifer Lee (Ethel Brunette), Gwynn Gillis (Voice on Tape), Bruce Weitz (Voice on Tape), Wyman Kane, Gordon Zimmerman, Marty Lee, Reno Carell (Dillinger), Frank Rohrbach (White House aide), Marshall Borden (White House aide), Joe Mayo (White House aide), Joe ArrowSmith (Newscaster)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 112 min

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