Tail Gunner Joe
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Tail Gunner Joe

Tail Gunner Joe

Tail Gunner Joe

1977
Drama, Biography
TV Movie
2h 25m
A dramatization of the life of Joe 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.

Directed by:

Jud Taylor
Jud-Taylor
21 total credits
Jud Taylor has 21 credits at Criticker, including: The Old Man and the Sea, License to Kill, The Disappearance of Flight 412, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story

Writer:

Lane Slate
Lane-Slate
12 total credits
Lane Slate has 12 credits at Criticker, including: The Car, They Only Kill Their Masters, The Strange and Deadly Occurrence, Isn't It Shocking? and The Girl in the Empty Grave

Starring:

Peter Boyle
Peter-Boyle
66 total credits
Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr. (October 18, 1935 - December 12, 2006) was an American actor, best known for his role as Frank Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, and as a comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof Young Frankenstein (1974). Boyle, who won an Emmy Award in 1996 for a guest-starring role on the science-fiction drama The X-Files, won praise in both comedic and dramatic parts following his breakthrough performance in the 1970 film Joe...(Wikipedia)
,
Patricia Neal
Patricia-Neal
38 total credits
Patricia Neal has 38 credits at Criticker, including: Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Day the Earth Stood Still, A Face in the Crowd, Hud and Cookie's Fortune
,
John Forsythe
John-Forsythe
43 total credits
John Forsythe has 43 credits at Criticker, including: Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Scrooged, The Trouble with Harry and In Cold Blood
,
Ned Beatty
Ned-Beatty
106 total credits
Ned Thomas Beatty is an American actor who has appeared in more than 100 films and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain and a Golden Globe Award; won a Drama Desk Award. These nominations stemmed from his performances in films and television series like Network (1976), Friendly Fire (1979), Last Train Home (1990), Hear My Song (1991), the adaptation film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (2004) and Toy Story 3 (2010)...(Wikipedia)
,
John Randolph
John-Randolph
35 total credits
John Randolph has 35 credits at Criticker, including: You've Got Mail, Christmas Vacation, All the President's Men, Serpico and Seconds
,
Henry Jones
Henry-Jones
38 total credits
Henry Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; he graduated from St. Jospeh's College. His Broadway debut was in 1938 in 'Maurice Evans'' "Hamlet" (Reynaldo and the second gravedigger). He served in the army in World War II. His highly reviewed stage appearances included the murdered handyman in "The Bad Seed," which he reprised in the film version (The Bad Seed (1956)), and the part of Louis Howe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's confidant in Sunrise at Campobello (1960). Though very ordi
,
Jean Stapleton
Jean-Stapleton
19 total credits
Jean Stapleton has 19 credits at Criticker, including: Michael, Klute, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, All in the Family and Bells Are Ringing
,
Burgess Meredith
Burgess-Meredith
120 total credits
Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 - September 9, 1997), known professionally as Burgess Meredith, was an American actor in theatre, film, and television, who also worked as a director. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" who was "one of the most accomplished actors of the century." Meredith won several Emmys and was nominated for Academy Awards...(Wikipedia)
,
Heather Menzies
Heather-Menzies
10 total credits
Heather Menzies has 10 credits at Criticker, including: The Sound of Music, Piranha, Sssssss, Hawaii and Captain America
,
William Schallert
William-Schallert
72 total credits
William Schallert has 72 credits at Criticker, including: In the Heat of the Night, Innerspace, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Written on the Wind and Pillow Talk
,
Andrew Duggan
Andrew-Duggan
44 total credits
Andrew Duggan has 44 credits at Criticker, including: Seven Days in May, It's Alive, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Black Caesar and Decision at Sundown
,
Robert F. Simon
Robert-F-Simon
25 total credits
Robert F. Simon has 25 credits at Criticker, including: Bigger Than Life, Compulsion, Edge of the City, The Catered Affair and Spider-Man Strikes Back

Genres:

Drama, Biography

Country:

USA

Tail Gunner Joe

1977
Drama, Biography
TV Movie
2h 25m
Your rating
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Avg Percentile 59.69% from 2 total ratings

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Avg Percentile 59.69% from 2 total ratings
Rated 24 Jun 2021
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Rated 03 Mar 2020
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Jud Taylor
Jud-Taylor
21 total credits
Jud Taylor has 21 credits at Criticker, including: The Old Man and the Sea, License to Kill, The Disappearance of Flight 412, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story

Writer:

Lane Slate
Lane-Slate
12 total credits
Lane Slate has 12 credits at Criticker, including: The Car, They Only Kill Their Masters, The Strange and Deadly Occurrence, Isn't It Shocking? and The Girl in the Empty Grave

Starring:

Peter Boyle
Peter-Boyle
66 total credits
Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr. (October 18, 1935 - December 12, 2006) was an American actor, best known for his role as Frank Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, and as a comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof Young Frankenstein (1974). Boyle, who won an Emmy Award in 1996 for a guest-starring role on the science-fiction drama The X-Files, won praise in both comedic and dramatic parts following his breakthrough performance in the 1970 film Joe...(Wikipedia)
,
Patricia Neal
Patricia-Neal
38 total credits
Patricia Neal has 38 credits at Criticker, including: Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Day the Earth Stood Still, A Face in the Crowd, Hud and Cookie's Fortune
,
John Forsythe
John-Forsythe
43 total credits
John Forsythe has 43 credits at Criticker, including: Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Scrooged, The Trouble with Harry and In Cold Blood
,
Ned Beatty
Ned-Beatty
106 total credits
Ned Thomas Beatty is an American actor who has appeared in more than 100 films and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain and a Golden Globe Award; won a Drama Desk Award. These nominations stemmed from his performances in films and television series like Network (1976), Friendly Fire (1979), Last Train Home (1990), Hear My Song (1991), the adaptation film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (2004) and Toy Story 3 (2010)...(Wikipedia)
,
John Randolph
John-Randolph
35 total credits
John Randolph has 35 credits at Criticker, including: You've Got Mail, Christmas Vacation, All the President's Men, Serpico and Seconds
,
Henry Jones
Henry-Jones
38 total credits
Henry Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; he graduated from St. Jospeh's College. His Broadway debut was in 1938 in 'Maurice Evans'' "Hamlet" (Reynaldo and the second gravedigger). He served in the army in World War II. His highly reviewed stage appearances included the murdered handyman in "The Bad Seed," which he reprised in the film version (The Bad Seed (1956)), and the part of Louis Howe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's confidant in Sunrise at Campobello (1960). Though very ordi
,
Jean Stapleton
Jean-Stapleton
19 total credits
Jean Stapleton has 19 credits at Criticker, including: Michael, Klute, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, All in the Family and Bells Are Ringing
,
Burgess Meredith
Burgess-Meredith
120 total credits
Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 - September 9, 1997), known professionally as Burgess Meredith, was an American actor in theatre, film, and television, who also worked as a director. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" who was "one of the most accomplished actors of the century." Meredith won several Emmys and was nominated for Academy Awards...(Wikipedia)
,
Heather Menzies
Heather-Menzies
10 total credits
Heather Menzies has 10 credits at Criticker, including: The Sound of Music, Piranha, Sssssss, Hawaii and Captain America
,
William Schallert
William-Schallert
72 total credits
William Schallert has 72 credits at Criticker, including: In the Heat of the Night, Innerspace, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Written on the Wind and Pillow Talk
,
Andrew Duggan
Andrew-Duggan
44 total credits
Andrew Duggan has 44 credits at Criticker, including: Seven Days in May, It's Alive, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Black Caesar and Decision at Sundown
,
Robert F. Simon
Robert-F-Simon
25 total credits
Robert F. Simon has 25 credits at Criticker, including: Bigger Than Life, Compulsion, Edge of the City, The Catered Affair and Spider-Man Strikes Back

Genres:

Drama, Biography

Country:

USA
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