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Tail Gunner Joe

Tail Gunner Joe

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TV MovieDrama

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Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

145 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

06 February 1977

Country

Cast

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle

Joseph McCarthy

John Forsythe

John Forsythe

Paul Cunningham

Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

Joseph Welch

Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal

Margaret Chase Smith

Jean Stapleton

Jean Stapleton

Mrs. DeCamp

Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty

Sylvester

Philip Abbott

Philip Abbott

Scott Lucas

Wallace Rooney

Wallace Rooney

Speaker

Heather Menzies

Heather Menzies

Logan

Wesley Addy

Wesley Addy

Middleton

Karen Carlson

Karen Carlson

Jean Kerr

John Carradine

John Carradine

Wisconsin Farmer

Charles Cioffi

Charles Cioffi

Logan's Boss

Diana Douglas

Diana Douglas

Sarah

Andrew Duggan

Andrew Duggan

Dwight Eisenhower

Henry Jones

Henry Jones

Armitage

Murray Matheson

Murray Matheson

Publisher

Allan Miller

Allan Miller

Pete

Tim O'Connor

Tim O'Connor

Librarian

Alan Oppenheimer

Alan Oppenheimer

Eisenhower Publicist

Addison Powell

Addison Powell

General George C. Marshall

Andrew Prine

Andrew Prine

Peter Parker McNair Gates

John Randolph

John Randolph

Gen. Lampkin

Allan Rich

Allan Rich

Ray Jenkins

William Schallert

William Schallert

Gen. Zwicker

Simon Scott

Simon Scott

Robert Ten Broeck Stevens

Robert F. Simon

Robert F. Simon

Drew Pearson

George Wyner

George Wyner

Roy Cohn

Lin McCarthy

Lin McCarthy

Sen. Stuart Symington

Kelly Jean Peters

Kelly Jean Peters

Mrs. Sarah Gates

Robert Symonds

Robert Symonds

President Harry Truman

Charles Siebert

Charles Siebert

James Juliana

Sam Chew Jr.

Sam Chew Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy

John Chappell

John Chappell

Sen. Karl Mundt

Herb Voland

Herb Voland

Sen. Raymond Baldwin

Edward Anhalt

Edward Anhalt

Sen. Herbert Lehman

Alan Hewitt

Alan Hewitt

Dean Acheson

Howard Hesseman

Howard Hesseman

Lt. Ted Cantwell

Jack Bannon

Jack Bannon

Eisenhower Aide

Charles Macaulay

Charles Macaulay

Wm. Roberts

Richard M. Dixon

Richard M. Dixon

Sen. Richard M. Nixon

Morgan Upton

Morgan Upton

Clucas

Shirley O'Hara

Shirley O'Hara

Marie

George Petrie

George Petrie

Chas. Kraus

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