The FBI Story

John Michael ("Chip") Hardesty is delivering a lecture to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He begins to recount his history as an agent of the bureau, which is shown as a series of flashbacks.

In May 1924, Hardesty was working as a government clerk for the nascent FBI in Knoxville, Tennessee. He proposes to his sweetheart, librarian Lucy Ann Ballard. She thinks that Hardesty's potential is being wasted by the FBI and wants him to start practicing law. They marry with this idea in mind. Hardesty is inspired to stay with the bureau after hearing a speech from its new director, J. Edgar Hoover. Lucy Ann reveals that she is pregnant; she persuades Hardesty to stay in the bureau for another year.

MPAA Rating:NR
Genre:Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country:United States
Produced By:Mervyn Leroy
Directed By:Mervyn LeRoy
Written By:Richard L. Breen, John Twist, Don Whitehead
Cast:Charles Bateman, Elmore Vincent, Roy Thinnes, Murray Pollack, Forrest Taylor, Herb Armstrong, Paul Denton, Joyce Taylor, Dick Cherney, Larry Pennell, Rand Harper, John Varnum, Buzz Martin, John Pickard, Roy Gordon, Glenn Stensel, Stacy Keach Sr., Paul Smith, Adam West, Susan Davis, Alfred Tonkel, Parley Baer, Nick Borgani, Burt Mustin, Robert Clarke, James Stewart, Guy Teague, Luana Anders, Joan Dupuis, Vera Denham, Kay E. Kuter, Al McGranary, Ray Montgomery, Barbara Beall, Chief Yowlachie, Charles Brunner, John Damler, Robin Eccles, Richard Boyer, Tom Monroe, Britt Wood, , Ella Ethridge, Charles Soldani, George Khoury, Ed Prentiss, Ann Doran, Jane Crowley, Tom Wilson, Jerry Brent, Nesdon Booth, Robert Gist, Kimberly Beck, Mary Lou Clifford, Ricky Kelman, John Quijada, Maurice Wells, Ben Erway, Jennie Lynn, Theona Bryant, Selene Walters, Fay Roope, Dorothy Neumann, Grandon Rhodes, Bob Peoples, William Phipps, Jeanne Dante, David McMahon, Kenneth Gibson, Paul Genge, Gil Smith, Lowell Brown, William Lovett, Audley Anderson, Vince St. Cyr, Will J. White, Charles Postal, Michael Smith, Sam Flint, Diane Jergens, Terry Frost, Guy Wilkerson, George Pembroke, Judd Holdren, Chet Brandenburg, Victor Millan, Scott Peters, Arthur D. Gilmour, Michael Garrett, George Ford, Patrick Whyte, Herman Rudin, Nick Adams, Vera Miles, Eddie Little Sky, Morgan Lane, George Selk, Elizabeth Harrower, Roque Ybarra, Jack Henderson, John Truax, Jean Willes, Ted Mapes, Eleanor Audley, Lasse Hellman, Lori Martin, Sid Kane, Murray Hamilton, Fern Barry, Shirley Bonne
In Theaters:Oct 01, 1959
Runtime:2 hours 29 minutes
Production:Warner Bros., Mervyn LeRoy Productions Inc.
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