
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyLeRoy's picture is an uncritical, decently made salute to the FBI and Edgar Hoover |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzSeems to have an endless amount of stories at its disposal. |
| About.comDiana SaengerSeveral things about this film left me less than enthusiastic about it. |
| User ReviewRachel LMy favorite movie as a kid. I watched it over and over again. A great film |
| User ReviewPrivate UThe story of the FBI, as seen through the eyes of Jimmy Stewart, is exellent and very entertaining. Stewart is great as always, and the movie itself is beautifully made. I couldn't ask for more! |
| User ReviewBubba MIntriguing condensation of some the FBI's major cases. |
| User ReviewBrett BJames Stewart is simply terrific in this, and I really think it's one of his most underrated performances. Miles and Hamilton are good, too, and director LeRoy presents the material with a straight-forward, workmanlike style that suits the subject matter extremely well. Having said that, the film is a touch overlong and decidedly episodic (something that was probably unavoidable), but neither of those are enough to cripple the movie as a whole. |
| User ReviewDavid NJust relived my childhood watching this movie again. It's sobering to think that in 1959, the thought of someone putting a bomb on a commercial airliner and blowing 40 innocent civilians out of the sky seemed so unspeakably evil and incomprehensible. |
| User ReviewThe Next StarfighterAnother reason why Jimmy Stewart was such a great actor. Very interesting and compelling story. |
| User ReviewChrisanne SAlthough THE FBI STORY survives on the charisma of its leading man, James Stewart, only the a viewer interested in a McCarthy-era curio should see this one. Technical proficiency from director and Hollywood shill Mervyn LeRoy (THE GREEN BERETS, THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO) is not enough to commend this dated piece of propaganda. LeRoy manages to keep a pulse in this 2 1/2 hour long FBI advertisement, but the viewer must sit through Stewart's domestic troubles and mid-life crises. But even in its overlength, THE FBI STORY has enough to earn a "fresh" rating from me-- just barely. Chief among the film's boons are its several chase scenes and shootouts, my favorite being the shot on location Dillinger sequence. The film is also unintentionally risible at points, including Stewart's earnest quip: "On Sunday morning he left the house. He couldn't be going to work. Since he was a Communist, we knew he wasn't going to church." That was perhaps the highlight of this Pinko-era flick, which doesn't leave it with much to stand on. |