James Stewart
John Michael `'Chip'` Hardesty
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The FBI Story is a 1959 American crime drama film starring James Stewart, and produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay by Richard L. Breen and John Twist is based on a book by Don Whitehead . Plot. John Michael ("Chip") Hardesty describes a murder, seen in a flashback.
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Max Steiner
- September 24, 1959
The FBI Story: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton, Larry Pennell. A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
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- Crime, Drama, History
- Mervyn LeRoy
- 1959-10
In 1945, the Hardesty family is grieved to learn that Mike has been killed during the landings at Iwo Jima. Following the war, the FBI faces a new threat: international Communism. Using its extensive lab facilities and research capabilities, the FBI tracks down and arrests spies.
Recounting his storied FBI career, veteran agent Chip Hardesty (James Stewart) narrates events occurring from the 1920s to the 1940s. After marrying Lucy Ann (Vera Miles), a local librarian,...
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- James Stewart
- Mervyn Leroy
- Crime, Drama
The FBI Story (1959) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The story of the FBI unfolds through the eyes of one of its agents. During his career he investigates gangsters, swindlers, the klu klux klan, Nazi agents and cold war spies. — Col Needham <col@imdb.com>. This film follows the career of fictional FBI agent Chip Hardesty. It starts off with the 1955 airline bombing by Jack Graham who placed a ...
