"The F.B.I. Story" is educational besides exciting. Among other things, we learn that it was "Machine Gun" Kelly who coined the term "G-Men" in reference to FBI agents. There is also human drama, as agent Chip...
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"The F.B.I. Story" is educational besides exciting. Among other things, we learn that it was "Machine Gun" Kelly who coined the term "G-Men" in reference to FBI agents. There is also human drama, as agent Chip Hardesty and his wife go through good times and bad. Hardesty seems to be there at every major turning point in the Bureau's history, doing battle with bank robbers, communists, and the Ku Klux Klan. Longtime director J. Edgar Hoover oversaw some of the production of the film, which may raise some suspicions, but adds a sense of authenticity. He also makes a cameo early in the film.