Tail Gunner Joe
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 NBCTV. It was nominated for six Emmy awards and won two best writing and best supporting actor for Burgess Merediths portrayal of attorney Joseph Welch. It starred Peter Boyle as McCarthy and John Forsythe. Robert F. Simon appeared as liberal journalist Drew Pearson.
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