continues the season of recent, highly-acclaimed films starring
Broderick Crawford , Jose Ferrer
J. Edgar Hoover was America's 1 top cop', When only 29 he became acting Director of the FBI, and held the enormously powerful role as the head of America's internal security under eight Presidents. This extraordinary and gripping movie depicts Hoover's 40-year rule, from his early days as a 'crime buster' to his later involvement with politics and his position as the most feared man in Amensa.
Hoover is perhaps the most intelligent film about America's / politics ever to come out of Hollywood, (FILM COMMENT) Written and directed by LARRY COHEN
(First showing on British television) Filins: page 23