Tail Gunner Joe
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Music director Billy May Country United States | Director Jud Taylor Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date February 6, 1977 (1977-02-06) Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama or Comedy Special Cast Peter Boyle (Sen Joseph McCarthy), Burgess Meredith (Joseph Welch), John Forsythe (Paul Cunningham), Patricia Neal (Sen Margaret Chase Smith), Robert F Simon (Drew Pearson)Similar movies Related Jud Taylor movies |
Tail Gunner Joe is a 1977 television movie dramatizing the life of U.S. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, a Wisconsin Republican who claimed knowledge of communist infiltration of the U.S. government during the 1950s. The film was broadcast on NBC-TV. It was nominated for six Emmy awards and won two: best writing and best supporting actor for Burgess Meredith's portrayal of attorney Joseph Welch. It starred Peter Boyle (as McCarthy) and John Forsythe. Robert F. Simon appeared as liberal journalist Drew Pearson.
The nickname 'Tail Gunner Joe' is a derisive term for the Senator that originated from his false claim to have been a tail gunner on American bombers during World War II.
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