J. Edgar Hoover (1987)

Directed by

Robert L. Collins

Genre

tv movie, history, drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

PG

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This television film follows J. Edgar Hoover from his early days at the Justice Department through his decades leading the FBI. It shows key moments in his life and career based on a book by a former FBI official.

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What happens

J. Edgar Hoover is a 1987 American biographical drama television film written and directed by Robert L. Collins. It stars Treat Williams as the eponymous J. Edgar Hoover, the long-serving (1924 - 1972) Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The film is based on the 1979 book The Bureau: My 30 Years in Hoover's FBI by William C. Sullivan and William S. Brown, and dramatizes key points in Hoover's life between the time he joined the U.S. Justice Department in 1919 and 1970. It aired on Showtime on January 11, 1987. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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