The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 1987
J. Edgar Hoover
Directed by
Robert L. Collins
He battled the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, encouraged McCarthy and single-handedly changed the course of history. Hired by F.D.R. to be the director of the FBI, Hoover erected the most sophisticated investigatory agency in the world.
The story
He battled the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, encouraged McCarthy and single-handedly changed the course of history. Hired by F.D.R. to be the director of the FBI, Hoover erected the most sophisticated investigatory agency in the world.
Cast
Treat WilliamsJ. Edgar Hoover
Rip TornLyndon Baines Johnson
Louise FletcherAnnie M. Hoover
David Ogden StiersFranklin D. Roosevelt
Charles HallahanJoseph McCarthy
Art HindleJohn F. Kennedy
Andrew DugganDwight D. Eisenhower
Charles LevinProducer
Robert Alan BrowneGaston Means
Walker EdmistonHarry S. Truman
John McLiamA. Mitchell Palmer
Robert HarperClyde Tolson
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