Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
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.
- fbi
- biography
- historical figure
- lgbt
- gay theme
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Leonardo DiCaprio
John Edgar Hoover
Armie Hammer
Clyde Tolson
Naomi Watts
Helen Gandy
Josh Lucas
Charles Lindbergh
- Josh Hamilton — Robert Irwin
- Judi Dench — Anna Marie Hoover
- Geoff Pierson — Mitchell Palmer
- Gunner Wright — Dwight Eisenhower
- Dermot Mulroney — Colonel Schwarzkopf
- Kaitlyn Dever — Palmer's Daughter
- Adam Driver — Walter Lyle
- Ed Westwick — Agent Smith
- Jessica Hecht — Emma Goldman
- Denis O'Hare — Albert Osborne
- Lea Thompson — Lela Rogers
- Directed
- Clint Eastwood
- Written
- Dustin Lance Black
Production
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 · 2,614 ratings
- Studio
- Imagine Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Wintergreen Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
