The FBI Story (1959)
Release Date: Oct 1, 1959 Wide
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If Warner Bros.' pageantlike The FBI Story resembles an episode of Jack Webb's Dragnet at times, it's probably because the screenplay was by veteran Dragnet scrivener Richard L. Breen. The film meticulously details the history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, from its formation in 1924 to the present day (1959, that is). The story is told through the eyes of FBI agent Chip Hardesty (James Stewart), who narrates the film. We see the FBI tackling such villains as the Ku Klux Klan, the mob,
Oct 1, 1959 Wide
Aug 15, 2006
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Cast
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James Stewart
Chip Hardesty -
Vera Miles
Lucy Hardesty -
Murray Hamilton
Sam Crandall -
Larry Pennell
George Crandall -
Nick Adams
Jack Graham -
Diane Jergens
Jennie Hardesty -
Jean Willes
Anna Sage -
Joyce Taylor
Anne Hardesty -
Victor Millan
Mario -
Parley Baer
Harry Dakins -
Fay Roope
McCutcheon -
Ed Prentiss
US Marshal -
Robert Gist
Medicine Salesman -
Buzz Martin
Mike Hardesty -
Ken Mayer
Casket Salesman -
Paul Genge
Suspect -
Ann Doran
Mrs. Ballard -
William Phipps
Baby Face Nelson -
Forrest Taylor
Wedding Minister -
Scott Peters
John Dillinger -
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All Critics (7) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (3) | DVD (7)
LeRoy's picture is an uncritical, decently made salute to the FBI and Edgar Hoover
Seems to have an endless amount of stories at its disposal.
Several things about this film left me less than enthusiastic about it.
...looks and feels like a recruiting poster for the Bureau.
Hoover was very proud of The FBI Story. If you can stay awake through it, you might like it, too.
Part of the Jimmy Stewart's Signature Collection, the DVD version of this terrifically directed police thriller, about the famous agency, has few special features (theatrical trailer) but it offers an opportunity to revisit a classic film.
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A decent film, that could have been much better if they would have chosen a couple of plot lines and filled them out a bit.
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