• Director: Clint Eastwood
  • Release Year: 2011
  • Production Country: United States
  • Language: English

J. Edgar

Description

J. Edgar Hoover rises from eager young recruit to head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, along the way compiling an enormous body of data on anyone and everyone he deems to be suspicious. While he champions scientific methods of investigation and federal databases concerning criminals, J. Edgar keeps his own secrets close to the vest–but secrets have a way of finding their way into the open, no matter how closely guarded.

Themes

John Edgar Hoover (1895 – 1972), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Palmer Raids, Crime, Gangsters, Gang warfare, Law and legalities, Homosexuality, Sexuality, Patriotism, Political intrigue, Domestic terrorism