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Movie Showcase: The Private Files of J.Edgar Hoover

on BBC Two England

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Broderick Crawford
Unknown:
Jose Ferrer
Unknown:
J. Edgar Hoover
Directed By:
Larry Cohen
J Edgar Hoover:
Broderick Crawford
Young Hoover:
James Wainwright
Lionel McCoy:
Jose Ferrer
Robert F Kennedy:
Wichael Parks
Carrie DeWitt:
Ronee Blakley
Dwight Webb:
Rip Torn
Florence Hollister:
Celeste Holm
Melvin Pervis:
Michael Sacks
Clyde Tolson:
Dan Dailey
Martin Luther King Jr:
Raymond Stjacques
Lyndon Johnson:
Andrew Duggan
Dave Hindley:
John Marley
Franklin D Roosevelt:
Howard Da Silva
Hoover's mother:
June Havoc

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