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James Stewart portrays one of J. Edgar Hoover's finest and Vera Miles co-stars as his steadfast wife in this salute to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The colorful career of Agent Chip Hardesty (Stewart) covers 1924 to the late '50s. Along the way he tangles with everything from the Ku Klux Klan to a bomber who commits mass murder for insurance money. His fiercest exploits come in the '30s when he stares down a gun barrel at Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, Machine Gun Kelly, Ma Barker and John Dillinger.
Original Release
10/01/1959
US Release
10/01/1959
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Cast
Name | Character |
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James Stewart | John Michael 'Chip' Hardesty / John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty |
Vera Miles | Lucy Ann Hardesty |
Murray Hamilton | Sam Crandall |
Larry Pennell | George Crandall |
Nick Adams | John Gilbert 'Jack' Graham / John Gilbert ('Jack') Graham |
Diane Jergens | Jennie Hardesty |
Jean Willes | Anna Sage |
Victor Millan | Mario |
Parley Baer | Harry Dakins |
Fay Roope | Dwight McCutcheon |
Directors
Writers
Richard L. Breen, John Twist, Don Whitehead
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Stewart | John Michael 'Chip' Hardesty / John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty |
Vera Miles | Lucy Ann Hardesty |
Murray Hamilton | Sam Crandall |
Larry Pennell | George Crandall |
Nick Adams | John Gilbert 'Jack' Graham / John Gilbert ('Jack') Graham |
Diane Jergens | Jennie Hardesty |
Jean Willes | Anna Sage |
Victor Millan | Mario |
Parley Baer | Harry Dakins |
Fay Roope | Dwight McCutcheon |
Ed Prentiss | U.S. Marshal |
Robert Gist | Medicine Salesman |
Buzz Martin | Mike Hardesty |
Ken Mayer | Casket Salesman / Casket Salesman (as Kenneth Mayer) |
Paul Genge | Whitey - Espionage Agent / "Whitey" |
Victor Adamson | Train Passenger |
Luana Anders | Mrs. Graham |
Audley Anderson | Farmer |
Herb Armstrong | Frank Nash |
Eleanor Audley | Mrs. King / Mrs. King - Graham's Mother |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mervyn LeRoy | Producer |