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Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar Hoover)Armie Hammer (Clyde Tolson)Naomi Watts (Helen Gandy)Josh Hamilton (Robert Irwin)Geoff Pierson (Mitchell Palmer)Cheryl Lawson (Palmer's Wife)Kaitlyn Dever (Palmer's Daughter)Brady Matthews (Inspector)Gunner Wright (Dwight Eisenhower)David A. Cooper (Franklin Roosevelt)Ed Westwick (Agent Smith)Kelly Lester (Head Secretary)Jack Donner (Edgar's Father)Judi Dench (Annie Hoover)Dylan Burns (Hoover as a Child)Jordan Bridges (Labor Dept. Lawyer)Jack Axelrod (Caminetti)Jessica Hecht (Emma Goldman)
Director
Clint Eastwood
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Synopsis
J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.
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