Tail Gunner Joe (TV)
1977·United States·145 min.
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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.
DirectorJud Taylor
ScreenwriterLane Slate
MusicBilly May
CinematographyRic Waite
CastPeter Boyle·John Forsythe·Burgess Meredith·Heather Menzies·Patricia Neal·Jean Stapleton·Philip Abbott·Wesley Addy·Ned Beatty·Karen Carlson·John Carradine·Charles Cioffi·Diana Douglas·Andrew Duggan·Henry JonesShow all
Original titleTail Gunner Joe (TV)