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-'''''The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover''''' is a 1977 film directed by [[Larry Cohen]]. It stars [[Broderick Crawford]] and [[James Wainwright]]. The cast includes [[Jose Ferrer]], [[Michael Parks]], [[Celeste Holm]], [[Ronee Blakely]], [[Tanya Roberts]] in a cameo role, and in final screen appearances, [[Jack Cassidy]] and [[Dan Dailey]]. Both Cassidy and Dailey met with then First Lady [[Betty Ford]] and helped director Cohen get permission to do the film's on location cinematography in Washington, D.C., in locales where the real Hoover visited or worked. The film was shown at the [[Kennedy Center]] in Washington to a mixed response from [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] who did not like the dark visions Cohen evoked on American politics and the portrayals of Presidents [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Richard M. Nixon]]: actor [[Howard Da Silva]] played Roosevelt, and "Richard M. Dixon" plays Nixon. After it was shown in Washington, the film took a limited nationwide release to theaters, and got a full release to video and television into the 1980s and 1990s. +'''''The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover''''' is a 1977 film directed by [[Larry Cohen]] which chronicles the life of FBI director [[J. Edgar Hoover]], starring [[Broderick Crawford]] as Hoover. [[Jack Cassidy]] and [[Dan Dailey]]met with then First Lady [[Betty Ford]] and helped director Cohen get permission to do the film's on location cinematography in Washington, D.C., in locales where the real Hoover visited or worked.
==Plot== ==Plot==
The film is a chronicle of forty years in the life of FBI director [[J. Edgar Hoover]], starting first in the time of [[Prohibition]], as he enforced the law on bootlegging and organized crime. Later, the director comes up against the Red Scare of the 1950s, the Kennedys, the wave of change in the 1960s, and his hatred of [[Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr]]. Examined here is the allegation that he had an 'abnormal' sexual life, along with his obsession with his dead mother. The film is a chronicle of forty years in the life of FBI director [[J. Edgar Hoover]], starting first in the time of [[Prohibition]], as he enforced the law on bootlegging and organized crime. Later, the director comes up against the Red Scare of the 1950s, the Kennedys, the wave of change in the 1960s, and his hatred of [[Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr]]. Examined here is the allegation that he had an 'abnormal' sexual life, along with his obsession with his dead mother.
 +==Response==
 +The film was shown at the [[Kennedy Center]] in Washington to a mixed response from [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] who did not like the dark visions Cohen evoked on American politics and the portrayals of Presidents [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Richard M. Nixon]]. After it was shown in Washington, the film took a limited nationwide release to theaters, and got a full release to video and television into the 1980s and 1990s.
==Cast== ==Cast==
*[[Broderick Crawford]] as [[J. Edgar Hoover]] *[[Broderick Crawford]] as [[J. Edgar Hoover]]

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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover is a 1977 film directed by Larry Cohen which chronicles the life of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, starring Broderick Crawford as Hoover. Jack Cassidy and Dan Daileymet with then First Lady Betty Ford and helped director Cohen get permission to do the film's on location cinematography in Washington, D.C., in locales where the real Hoover visited or worked.

Plot

The film is a chronicle of forty years in the life of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, starting first in the time of Prohibition, as he enforced the law on bootlegging and organized crime. Later, the director comes up against the Red Scare of the 1950s, the Kennedys, the wave of change in the 1960s, and his hatred of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Examined here is the allegation that he had an 'abnormal' sexual life, along with his obsession with his dead mother.

Response

The film was shown at the Kennedy Center in Washington to a mixed response from Republicans and Democrats who did not like the dark visions Cohen evoked on American politics and the portrayals of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard M. Nixon. After it was shown in Washington, the film took a limited nationwide release to theaters, and got a full release to video and television into the 1980s and 1990s.

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