The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Summary:
Larry Cohen's pseudo-biography of J. Edgar Hoover (Broderick Crawford) was virtually howled off the screens upon its release in 1977. Today, with the cross-dressing Hoover so much a matter of historical record that even Oliver Stone didn't bother to make too much of a point of it in Nixon, the Cohen film plays more like a dramatic re-enactment rather than the puerile... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Broderick Crawford - (J. Edgar Hoover)
José Ferrer - (Lionel McCoy)
Michael Parks - (Robert F. Kennedy)
Ronee Blakely - (Carrie DeWitt)
Rip Torn - (Dwight Webb)
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Review:
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover is a frustrating "Jekyll-and-Hyde" kind of movie, one part sleazeball exploitation film, one part rabid pit bull "evening the score" with an American demagogue who more than deserved it. There's an undeniable passion in Larry Cohen's film, and that passion infuses it with a great deal of strength. Unfortun... Continue >>
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