United States / Feb 06, 1977
Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
Directed by Jud Taylor
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2h 25min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Wallace Rooney | Speaker |
| Heather Menzies | Logan |
| Wesley Addy | Middleton |
| Karen Carlson | Jean Kerr |
| John Carradine | Wisconsin Farmer |
| Charles Cioffi | Logan's Boss |
| Diana Douglas | Sarah |
| Andrew Duggan | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Henry Jones | Armitage |
| Murray Matheson | Publisher |
| Allan Miller | Pete |
| Tim O'Connor | Librarian |
| Alan Oppenheimer | Eisenhower Publicist |
| Addison Powell | General George C. Marshall |
| Andrew Prine | Peter Parker McNair Gates |
| John Randolph | Gen. Lampkin |
| Allan Rich | Ray Jenkins |
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| William Schallert | Gen. Zwicker |
| Simon Scott | Robert Ten Broeck Stevens |
| Robert F. Simon | Drew Pearson |
| George Wyner | Roy Cohn |
| Lin McCarthy | Sen. Stuart Symington |
| Kelly Jean Peters | Mrs. Sarah Gates |
| Robert Symonds | President Harry Truman |
| Charles Siebert | James Juliana |
| Sam Chew Jr. | Robert F. Kennedy |
| John Chappell | Sen. Karl Mundt |
| Herb Voland | Sen. Raymond Baldwin |
| Edward Anhalt | Sen. Herbert Lehman |
| Alan Hewitt | Dean Acheson |
| Howard Hesseman | Lt. Ted Cantwell |
| Jack Bannon | Eisenhower Aide |
| Charles Macaulay | Wm. Roberts |
| Richard M. Dixon | Sen. Richard M. Nixon |
| Morgan Upton | Clucas |
| Shirley O'Hara | Marie |
| George Petrie | Chas. Kraus |
Genres
TV MovieDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Tail Gunner Joe |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Release date | 6 febbraio 1977 |
| Production | George Eckstein |
| Writer | Lane Slate |
| Editing | Bernard J. Small |
| Cinematography | Ric Waite |
| Assistant directors | Jud Taylor |
| Camera operators | Ric Waite |
| Additional photography | Ric Waite |
| Production design | Lawrence G. Paull, Lloyd A. Linnean |
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| Art direction | Lawrence G. Paull, Lloyd A. Linnean |
| Set decoration | Lloyd A. Linnean, Lawrence G. Paull |
| Costume design | Charles Waldo |
| Makeup | Charles Waldo |
| Hairstyling | Charles Waldo |
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