
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.

as J. Edgar Hoover

as Young Hoover

as Robert F. Kennedy

as Lionel McCoy

as Florence Hollister

as Dwight Webb

as Clyde Tolson

as Carrie DeWitt

as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt

as Dave Hindley

as Melvin Purvis

as Martin Luther King

as Hoover's Mother

as Attorney General Harlan Stone

as Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson

as Damon Runyon

as Quentin Reynolds

as Walter Winchell

as Pres. John F. Kennedy

as Alvin Karpis

as Senator Joseph McCarthy

as Suydam

as Putnam

as Dwight Webb Sr.

as Janice Harper

as Benchley

as Miss Bryant

as Senator Kenneth McKellar

as President's Aide

as President's Advisor

as Reilly

as Newscaster

as Valet

as Heywood Brown

as Earl Warren

as The President

as Frank

as Hijacker

as FBI Agent

as FBI Agent

as FBI Agent

as FBI Agent

as FBI Agent

as FBI Agent

as FBI Agent

as FBI Agent

as Stewardess

as Stewardess

as Kelly

as Harry Brunette

as Ethel Brunette

as Mary Jo Kopechne (voice)

as Voice on Tape

as Senator Markum

as Louis Lepke

as Mafia Man

as Dillinger

as White House Aide

as White House Aide

as White House Aide

as Newspaper Man