The FBI Story

After resolving a case related to an explosion of an airplane with forty-nine casualties by a swindler using state-of-art technique, the experienced agent Chip Hardesty (James Stewart) gives a lecture at FBI Headquarter in Washington. He tells the story of... Full review

This film is to the F.B.I.'s history as Knott's Berry Farm is to the old west. Shamelessly sanitized version of the Federal Bureau of Investigation fight against crime. Hoover's heavy hand (did he have any other kind?) shows throughout with... Full review

Pedantic, overlong fabrication which attempts to chronicle the birth of the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Begins quite promisingly, with a still-relevant probe into an airplane explosion, however the melodrama involving James Stewart and wife Vera Miles just gets in the... Full review

In the tradition of G-Men, The House On 92nd Street, The Street With No Name, now comes The FBI Story one of those carefully supervised films that showed the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the best possible light. While it's... Full review

When I was a very young teen, I saw this in the theater and was just awed. The different segments were very dramatic and stayed with me for decades.So after a long, long absence, seeing this again in the late... Full review

JAMES STEWART plays an FBI agent who began working with the agency before it was called the FBI and the story involves dealing with the Ku Klux Klan, the Prohibition Era gangsters, World War II German and Japanese spies, etc.... Full review

This is an entertaining "history" of the FBI, but it should be viewed as fiction, because that's exactly what it is. What else could it be when J. Edgar Hoover personally approved and had a cameo role in the production.... Full review

Have you ever felt like your being watched, like someone keeps tabs on every move you make? Well, just remember before you decide to break the law, the FBI will always be there. At least that's the feeling you get... Full review

There are a couple of interesting moments that combined might add up to a good half-hour television show.....The action sequences play second fiddle to these domestic concerns..... ... Full Review

Thomas Hastings, America n hymnist ("Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned" and "Rock of Ages") was born on October 15, 1784. America n film director Mervyn LeRoy ( The Bad Seed, The FBI Story, Gypsy, Homecoming, Latin Lovers, Little Caesar, Little Women,... ... Full Article

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?Is October 15th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on October 15th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.(If... ... Full Article

The set includes 1949's The Stratton Story, 1953's The Naked Spur, 1957's The Spirit of St. Louis, 1959's The FBI Story, and a double feature disc of 1968's Firecreek and 1970's The Cheyenne Social Club. ... Full Article

May 16, 2001 - Stax here with a Special Edition on G-Men Films!With the Federal Bureau of Investigation making headlines lately, I felt a column showcasing Hollywood's treatment of the FBI would be topical. ... Full Article

At the height of anti-communist hysteria, a man in New York City accidentally leaves a list of numbers in the pocket of his dry cleaning, and suddenly the FBI is on the case, tailing him with the latest surveillance techniques,... ... Full Article

During the Second World War, we see Hardesty tracking Nazi and Japanese infiltrators, including a wholly unnecessary trek to Brazil; and then after the War we find him ferreting out Communist spies. ... Full Article