The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture.

The story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. The film follows Hoover from his racket-busting days through his reign under eight U.S. presidents.

Drama History

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 D. Wallace

(Senator Joseph McCarthy)

Henderson Forsythe

(Suydam)

Fred J. Scollay

(Putnam)

William Wellman Jr.

(Dwight Webb Sr.)

Ellen Barber

(Janice Harper)

Art Lund

(Benchley)

Mary Alice Moore

(Miss Bryant)

Jim Antonio

(Senator Kenneth McKellar)

Gregg Abels

(President's Aide)

Dan Resin

(President's Advisor)

James Dixon

(Reilly)

Penny du Pont

(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)

Margo Lynn Curtis

(Stewardess)

Larry Pine

(Kelly)

John Stefano

(Harry Brunette)

Jennifer Lee Pryor

(Ethel Brunette)

Gwyn Gilliss

(Mary Jo Kopechne (voice))

Bruce Weitz

(Voice on Tape)

Wyman Kane

(Senator Markum)

Gordon Zimmerman

(Louis Lepke)

Marty Lee

(Mafia Man)

Reno Carrel

(Dillinger)

Frank Rohrbach

(White House Aide)

Marshall Bordon

(White House Aide)

Joe Mayo

(White House Aide)

Joe ArrowSmith

(Newspaper Man)