"The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture."
The story of J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI from 1924-1972, following his racket-busting days through his reign under eight US presidents.
J. Edgar Hoover

Young Hoover

Robert F. Kennedy

Lionel McCoy

Florence Hollister

Dwight Webb

Clyde Tolson

Carrie DeWitt

Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Dave Hindley

Melvin Purvis

Martin Luther King

Hoover's Mother

Attorney General Harlan Stone

Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson

Damon Runyon

Quentin Reynolds

Walter Winchell

Pres. John F. Kennedy

Alvin Karpis

Senator Joseph McCarthy

Suydam

Putnam

Dwight Webb Sr.

Janice Harper

Benchley

Miss Bryant
Senator Kenneth McKellar

President's Aide
President's Advisor

Reilly

Newscaster
Valet
Heywood Brown
Earl Warren
The President
Frank
Hijacker

FBI Agent

FBI Agent
FBI Agent
FBI Agent
FBI Agent
FBI Agent
FBI Agent

FBI Agent
Stewardess

Stewardess
Kelly

Harry Brunette
Ethel Brunette

Mary Jo Kopechne (voice)
Voice on Tape

Senator Markum
Louis Lepke
Mafia Man
Dillinger
White House Aide
White House Aide
White House Aide
Newspaper Man