Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
2h 25m
Running Time
February 6, 1977Release Date
Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
2h 25m
Running Time
February 6, 1977Release Date
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.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.

Peter Boyle
Joseph McCarthy

John Forsythe
Paul Cunningham

Burgess Meredith
Joseph Welch

Patricia Neal
Margaret Chase Smith

Jean Stapleton
Mrs. DeCamp

Ned Beatty
Sylvester

Philip Abbott
Scott Lucas

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

Reuben Cannon
CastingDirector

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

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

Jud Taylor
Director

Lane Slate
Writer

George Eckstein
Producer

Ric Waite
Director of Photography

Lawrence G. Paull
Art Direction

Lloyd A. Linnean
Set Decoration

Bernard J. Small
Editor

Charles Waldo
Costume Design
Details.
This Movie Is About.
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Wiki.
Tail Gunner Joe is a 1977 television movie dramatizing the life of U.S. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, a Wisconsin Republican who claimed knowledge of communist infiltration of the U.S. government during the 1950s. The film was broadcast on NBC. It was nominated for six Emmy awards and won two: best writing and best supporting actor for Burgess Meredith's portrayal of attorney Joseph N. Welch. It starred Peter Boyle (as McCarthy) and John Forsythe. Robert F. Simon appeared as journalist Drew Pearson.
The nickname 'Tail Gunner Joe' is a derisive term for the Senator that originated from his false claim to have been a tail gunner on American bombers during World War II.
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