Film · 1987

Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War

Name: Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
Released: 1987-10-26

200 min · Directed by Michael O'Herlihy

Drama History TV Movie

6.02
ratings

This is the story of the feud between FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and the Kennedys. It shows how much Hoover hated them and how they tried to stand up to him from the day John Kennedy was elected President until Bobby was assassinated.

Cast

Robert Pine

John Kennedy

Jack Warden

J. Edgar Hoover

Heather Thomas

Marilyn Monroe

Nicholas Campbell

Bobby Kennedy

Jennifer Dale

Jacqueline Kennedy

Richard Anderson

Lyndon Johnson

Barry Morse

Joseph Kennedy

Brioni Farrell

Judith Campbell Exner

Marcia Bennett

Angie Novello

Linda Goranson

Ethel Kennedy

Leland Gantt

Martin Luther King

Marc Strange

R

Richard Alden

C

Charles W. Gray

Ralph Abernathy

C

Carlton Watson

James Baldwin

R

Robert Church

Newscaster

Ashleigh Ann Wood

Bobby Kennedy's Daughter

Crew

Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Producer: Daniel Selznick, Joel Glickman, Paul Saltzman
Writer: Michael O'Herlihy, Lionel E. Siegel
Cinematography: David Herrington
Art Direction: Ian Brock
Composer: Paul Hoffert

Details

Studios: Sunrise Films, Saltzman and Selznick, Glickman Productions
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Release: October 26, 1987

Themes

based on novel or book

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