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Tail Gunner Joe

Tail Gunner Joe (1977)

Drama TV Movie

A dramatization of the life of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the alcoholic senator from Wisconsin whose tactics of accusing prominent people of Communist sympathies were initially designed to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.

Updated May 30 2020

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Keywords:

communist red scare

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Runtime: 145 mins Rating: 6.0

Cast

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle

Sen. Joseph McCarthy

Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal

Sen. Margaret Chase Smith

Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty

Sylvester

Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

Joseph Welch

John Forsythe

John Forsythe

Paul Cunningham

Jean Stapleton

Jean Stapleton

Mrs. DeCamp

Philip Abbott

Philip Abbott

Senator Scott Lucas

Wallace Rooney

Wallace Rooney

Speaker

Crew

Jud Taylor

Jud Taylor

Director

Lane Slate

Lane Slate

Writer

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