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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

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PG,1hr 52min

Genre:

Drama

Release:

1977

Director:

Larry Cohen

Starring:

Broderick Crawford, José Ferrer, Michael Parks ...more

Synopsis: Larry Cohen's pseudo-biography of J. Edgar Hoover (Broderick Crawford) was virtually howled off the screens upon its release in 1977. Today, with the cross-dressing Hoover so much a matter of historical record that even Oliver Stone didn't bother to make too much of a point of it in Nixon, the Cohen film plays more like a dramatic re-enactment rather than the puerile paranoid fantasy it appeared to be at the time. Unfortunately, Cohen's method is part exploitation and part historical tableau. On ... Full Synopsis

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	Craig Butler, AMG Review The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover is a frustrating "Jekyll-and-Hyde" kind of movie, one part sleazeball exploitation film, one part rabid pit bull "evening the score" with an American demagogue who more than deserved it. There's an undeniable passion in Larry Cohen's film, and that passion infuses it with a great deal of strength. Unfortunately, Cohen's lack of technique and inability to really ... Full Review

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	Broderick Crawford J. Edgar Hoover José Ferrer Lionel McCoy Michael Parks Robert F. Kennedy Ronee Blakely Carrie DeWitt

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