The FBI Story

Year: 1959

Runtime: 149 mins

Language: English

Director: Mervyn LeRoy

DramaCrimeHigh speed and special opsPolitics and human rightsEnduring stories of family and marital drama

Set in Chicago, the story begins with a tense scene in a basement stairwell opposite a theater, where an FBI operative watches a rival across the street as he prepares a trap for the notorious public enemy John Dillinger. A committed FBI agent then reflects on the bureau’s historic struggles against the Ku Klux Klan, organized crime syndicates, and Communist espionage.

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