J. Edgar Hoover (film)

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J. Edgar Hoover
GenreDrama
Based onThe Bureau: My 30 Years in Hoover's FBI
by William C. Sullivan & William S. Brown
Written byRobert L. Collins
Directed byRobert L. Collins
StarringJoe Regalbuto
Walker Edmiston
John McLiam
Theme music composerJ. Peter Robinson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersBill Finnegan

ProducersRobert L. Collins
Scott Winant (co-producer)
(associate producer)
(supervising producer)
CinematographyTim Suhrstedt
Editor
Running time108 min.
Production companies

Showtime Networks
DistributorShowtime Networks
Release
Original networkShowtime
Picture formatColor
Audio formatMono
Original releaseJanuary 11, 1987 (1987-01-11)

J. Edgar Hoover is a 1987 made-for-television biopic starring 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 by William C. Sullivan and and dramatises key points in Hoover's life between the time he joined the U.S. Justice Department in 1919 and his death in May 1972.

Cast[]

Crew[]

  • Robert E. Collins - Director
  • J. Peter Robinson - Composer (Music Score)
  • Patrick Kennedy - Editor
  • Ward Preston - Production Designer

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