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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

Duration:

USA:112 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Larry Cohen

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: Renaissance Mayflower Hotel - 1127 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Marshall Borden

Michael Parks

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

Broderick Crawford

J. Edgar Hoover

James Wainwright

Young Hoover

José Ferrer

Lionel McCoy

Celeste Holm

Florence Hollister

Rip Torn

Dwight Webb

Dan Dailey

Clyde Tolson

Ronee Blakley

Carrie DeWitt (as Roneé Blakley)

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 (as Gregg Abels)

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 (as Margo Lynn Curtis)

Larry Pines

Kelly

John Stefano

Harry Brunette

Jennifer Lee

Ethel Brunette

Gwyn Gilliss

Mary Jo Kopechne (voice)

Bruce Weitz

Voice on Tape

Wyman Kane

Senator Markum

Gordon Zimmerman

Lepke

Marty Lee

Muffin Man

Reno Carell

Dillinger (as Reno Carrel)

Frank Rohrbach

White House aide

Joe Mayo

White House aide

Joe ArrowSmith

Newscaster

Did you know?

Trivia

This was Dan Dailey's last movie, released 10 months before his death at age 64.

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Several people who were real-life acquaintances of J. Edgar Hoover are featured in the film, including the barber who regularly cut his hair and his regular waiter at the Mayflower Hotel.

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The film had a formal screening at the Kennedy Center, but members of both parties in the largely political audience were irritated by the film's unflattering depiction of not only Republicans such as Richard Nixon, but also Democrats such as the Kennedys and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Quotes

Lionel McCoy: [sarcastically] Give my regards to the Wizard of Oz!

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