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Tail Gunner Joe
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.
Top Billed Cast
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
Murray Matheson Publisher
Allan Miller Pete
Tim O'Connor Librarian
Alan Oppenheimer Eisenhower Publicist
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