The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

1977 · 112 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 425 VOTES · DIR. Larry Cohen

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,632 lines

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00:03:16 The man is dead.
00:07:23 that don't belong to any communist organization.
00:13:40 Won't you sit down?
00:17:21 "Top Cop"
00:22:38 in flaming headlines.
00:27:03 The bestselling books that bore Hoover's name
00:30:51 Taken all our dough.
00:35:46 And that's where I had my first meeting with Mr. Hoover.
00:39:23 The hell it is.
00:43:48 He has no right to cut people up like this.
00:49:22 Mr. Director.
00:52:47 Oh!
00:56:49 so you can take this plane off. You know?
01:00:53 No. Continue the, uh surveillance.
01:06:06 It should take some load off the Bureau.
01:10:47 Florence, why are you acting like this?
01:18:44 Now, how do they get away with that?
01:22:40 How much more time have I got?
01:27:48 I'm thinking of doing my whole backyard in this stuff.
01:31:39 it keeps the telephone company off our backs.
01:36:29 After a career of tapping people's phones and bugging their bedrooms.
01:40:13 Hoover won't let us polygraph, State Department employees.
01:44:55 He's to have access to none of his papers. He is retiring as of tonight.
01:51:12 he couldn't have done it any better himself.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,632
Dialogue density14.6 lines / min
First line00:03:16
Final line01:51:12

Production Record

DirectorLarry Cohen
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes425

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