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J Edgar Hoover

BBC One
on BBC One London

Biopic of the infamous FBI man, starring
Treat Williams
Ambitious, dedicated and increasingly intolerant, young J Edgar Hoover sets about building a power base for himself that lasts 48 uncompromisingyears, making powerful enemies in the process.
Director Robert Collins (1987)
* FILM REVIEWS pages 55-60

Contributors

Unknown:
J Edgar
Director:
Robert Collins
J Edgar Hoover:
Treat Williams
Lyndon Johnson:
Rip Torn
Franklin D Roosevelt:
David Ogden Stiers
Dwight Eisenhower:
Andrew Duggan
Clyde Tolson:
Robert Harper
Annie M Hoover:
Louise Fletcher
John F Kennedy:
Art Hindle
Robert F Kennedy:
James F Kelly
Joseph McCarthy:
Charles Hallahan
A Mitchell Palmer:
John McLiam
Source: Radio Times

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