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.

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Tagline
The most powerful man in the world
Release date
2011-11-03
Runtime
2h 17m
Languages
English
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Director


  1. Clint Eastwood

Writer


  1. Dustin Lance Black

Cast


  1. Stephen Root
    Arthur Koehler
  2. Leonardo DiCaprio
    John Edgar Hoover
  3. Judi Dench
    Anna Marie Hoover
  4. Adam Driver
    Walter Lyle
  5. Naomi Watts
    Helen Gandy
  6. Josh Lucas
    Charles Lindbergh
  7. Denis O'Hare
    Albert Osborne
  8. Dermot Mulroney
    Colonel Schwarzkopf
  9. Zach Grenier
    John Condon
  10. Geoff Stults
    Raymond Caffrey
  11. Johnny Cicco
    Young Agent
  12. Armie Hammer
    Clyde Tolson
  13. Michael O'Neill
    Senator McKellar
  14. Steve Monroe
    Restaurant Host
  15. Josh Hamilton
    Robert Irwin
  16. Ken Howard
    Harlan Fiske Stone
  17. Fileena Bahris
    Starlet (uncredited)
  18. Jessica Hecht
    Emma Goldman
  19. Lea Thompson
    Lela Rogers
  20. Geoff Pierson
    Mitchell Palmer
  21. Aaron Lazar
    Prosecutor Wilentz
  22. Richard Nixon
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  23. Billy Smith
    Secret Service Officer
  24. Gerald Downey
    FBI Agent
  25. Kaitlyn Dever
    Palmer's Daughter
  26. Jeffrey Donovan
    Robert Kennedy
  27. David Clennon
    Senator Friendly
  28. Christian Clemenson
    Inspector Schell
  29. Jack Axelrod
    Caminetti
  30. Josh Stamberg
    Agent Stokes
  31. Ed Westwick
    Agent Smith
  32. Damon Herriman
    Bruno Hauptmann
  33. Kyle Eastwood
    Stork Club Band
  34. Martin Luther King
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  35. Emily Alyn Lind
    Shirley Temple
  36. Barbara Keegan
    Bombing Witness
  37. Gary Werntz
    Attorney General
  38. Gunner Wright
    Dwight Eisenhower
  39. Jack Donner
    Edgar's Father
  40. Miles Fisher
    Agent Garrison
  41. Leslie Augustine
    Lindbergh Nanny (uncredited)
  42. Thomas Langston
    Young Boy
  43. Jamie Noel
    Racetrack Gambler (uncredited)
  44. Gregory Hoyt
    Agent One
  45. Emily Banks
  46. Amanda Schull
    Anita Colby
  47. Sadie Calvano
    Edgar's Niece
  48. Roberta Bassin
    Roosevelt's Secretary
  49. Lea Coco
    Agent Sisk
  50. Cheryl Lawson
    Palmer's Wife
  51. Brady Matthews
    Inspector
  52. Belinda Gosbee
    Gangster's Moll (uncredited)
  53. Pat Nixon
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  54. Eric Frentzel
    William Mahan
  55. Kelly Lester
    Head Secretary
  56. Chris Caputo
    Bronx Baker
  57. David A. Cooper
    Franklin Roosevelt
  58. Michael James Faradie
    Bureau Agent (1919)
  59. Jennipher Foster
    Lucille Ball (uncredited)
  60. Eric Larkin
    Fred Hunter
  61. Elizabeth Karr
    Secretary (uncredited)
  62. Emily Banks
    Radical Citizen (uncredited)
  63. Shannon McClain Robertson
    African American Woman (as Shannon McClain)
  64. Jenny Phagan
    Baker's Wife
  65. Dylan Burns
    Hoover as a Child
  66. Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett
    Hollywood Starlet (uncredited)
  67. Robert Fleet
    Edgar's Mother's Doctor
  68. Scot Carlisle
    Agent Williams

Producer


  1. Clint Eastwood
  2. Brian Grazer
  3. Robert Lorenz
  4. Tim Moore
  5. Erica Huggins

Director of Photography


  1. Tom Stern

Editor


  1. Joel Cox
  2. Gary D. Roach