
"The most powerful man in the world."
As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.
John Edgar Hoover

Clyde Tolson

Helen Gandy

Charles Lindbergh

Robert Irwin

Anna Marie Hoover

Mitchell Palmer

Dwight Eisenhower

Colonel Schwarzkopf

Palmer's Daughter

Walter Lyle

Agent Smith

Emma Goldman

Albert Osborne

Lela Rogers

Bruno Hauptmann

Edgar's Niece

Anita Colby

Roosevelt's Secretary

Shirley Temple

Bombing Witness

FBI Agent

Robert Kennedy

Raymond Caffrey

Young Boy
Agent Sisk

Prosecutor Wilentz

Palmer's Wife
Inspector
Franklin Roosevelt

Head Secretary

Edgar's Father

Hoover as a Child
Caminetti

Bureau Agent (1919)
Agent Stokes

Inspector Schell

Secret Service Officer

Harlan Fiske Stone

John Condon

Young Agent

Restaurant Host

Arthur Koehler

Attorney General

Senator Friendly

Senator McKellar

Fred Hunter
William Mahan

Stork Club Band

Agent One

Baker's Wife

Bronx Baker
African American Woman (as Shannon McClain)
Lindbergh Nanny (uncredited)

Lucille Ball (uncredited)
Gangster's Moll (uncredited)

Secretary (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Starlet (uncredited)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Racetrack Gambler (uncredited)

Agent Garrison

Edgar's Mother's Doctor

Radical Citizen (uncredited)
Agent Williams

Lawrence Richey

Film Premier Attendee (uncredited)
