About Tail Gunner Joe
- Released on February 06, 1977
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.
Full Cast of Tail Gunner Joe
Peter Boyle plays Joseph McCarthy
John Forsythe plays Paul Cunningham
Burgess Meredith plays Joseph Welch
Patricia Neal plays Margaret Chase Smith
Jean Stapleton plays Mrs. DeCamp
Ned Beatty plays Sylvester
Philip Abbott plays Scott Lucas
Wallace Rooney plays Speaker
Heather Menzies plays Logan
Wesley Addy plays Middleton
Karen Carlson plays Jean Kerr
John Carradine plays Wisconsin Farmer
Charles Cioffi plays Logan's Boss
Diana Douglas plays Sarah
Andrew Duggan plays Dwight Eisenhower
Henry Jones plays Armitage
Murray Matheson plays Publisher
Allan Miller plays Pete
Tim O'Connor plays Librarian
Alan Oppenheimer plays Eisenhower Publicist
Addison Powell plays General George C. Marshall
Andrew Prine plays Peter Parker McNair Gates
John Randolph plays Gen. Lampkin
Allan Rich plays Ray Jenkins
William Schallert plays Gen. Zwicker
Simon Scott plays Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
Robert F. Simon plays Drew Pearson
George Wyner plays Roy Cohn
Lin McCarthy plays Sen. Stuart Symington
Kelly Jean Peters plays Mrs. Sarah Gates
Robert Symonds plays President Harry Truman
Charles Siebert plays James Juliana
Sam Chew Jr. plays Robert F. Kennedy
John Chappell plays Sen. Karl Mundt
Herb Voland plays Sen. Raymond Baldwin
Edward Anhalt plays Sen. Herbert Lehman
Alan Hewitt plays Dean Acheson
Howard Hesseman plays Lt. Ted Cantwell
Jack Bannon plays Eisenhower Aide
Charles Macaulay plays Wm. Roberts
Richard M. Dixon plays Sen. Richard M. Nixon
Morgan Upton plays Clucas
Shirley O'Hara plays Marie
George Petrie plays Chas. Kraus
Crew of Tail Gunner Joe
Art
Camera
Production
Directing
Writing
Editing
Costume & Make-Up
- Peter Boyle
- John Forsythe
- Burgess Meredith
- Patricia Neal
- Jean Stapleton
- Ned Beatty
- Philip Abbott
- Wallace Rooney
- Heather Menzies
- Wesley Addy
- Karen Carlson
- John Carradine
- Charles Cioffi
- Diana Douglas
- Andrew Duggan
- Henry Jones
- Murray Matheson
- Allan Miller
- Tim O'Connor
- Alan Oppenheimer
- Addison Powell
- Andrew Prine
- John Randolph
- Allan Rich
- William Schallert
- Simon Scott
- Robert F. Simon
- George Wyner
- Lin McCarthy
- Kelly Jean Peters
- Robert Symonds
- Charles Siebert
- Sam Chew Jr.
- John Chappell
- Herb Voland
- Edward Anhalt
- Alan Hewitt
- Howard Hesseman
- Jack Bannon
- Charles Macaulay
- Richard M. Dixon
- Morgan Upton
- Shirley O'Hara
- George Petrie