The FBI Story (1959)
You are crouched in a basement stairway opposite a theatre in Chicago. Keep your eyes on that FBI man across the street. He has set the trap for deadly public enemy, John Dillinger...
149 min
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
- Release date
- October 1, 1959
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Max Steiner
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Cast
- James Stewart as John Michael 'Chip' Hardesty
- Vera Miles as Lucy Ann Hardesty
- Murray Hamilton as Sam Crandall
- Larry Pennell as George Crandall
- Nick Adams as John Gilbert 'Jack' Graham
- Diane Jergens as Jennie Hardesty
- Jean Willes as Anna Sage
- Joyce Taylor as Anne Hardesty
- Victor Millan as Mario
- Parley Baer as Harry Dakins
- Fay Roope as Dwight McCutcheon
- Ed Prentiss as U.S. Marshal
- Robert Gist as Medicine Salesman
- Buzz Martin as Mike Hardesty
- Ken Mayer as Casket Salesman (as Kenneth Mayer)
- Michael Smith as George Crandall at 12 (uncredited)
- Patrick Whyte as Major (uncredited)
- Victor Adamson as Train Passenger (uncredited)
- Luana Anders as Mrs. Graham (uncredited)
- Herb Armstrong as Frank Nash (uncredited)
- Eleanor Audley as Mrs. King - Graham's Mother (uncredited)
- Benjie Bancroft as FBI Agent (uncredited)
- Fern Barry as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
- Charles Bateman as FBI Agent (uncredited)
Crew
- Mervyn LeRoy · Director
- Richard L. Breen · Writer
- John Twist · Writer
- Don Whitehead · Writer
- Mervyn LeRoy · Producer
- Max Steiner · Composer
- Joseph F. Biroc · Cinematographer
- Philip W. Anderson · Editor