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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)

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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.

References

Tail Gunner Joe Wikipedia