Hoover vs. The Kennedys

{{Infobox television

| genre = Historical drama

| producer = Paul Saltzman
Daniel Selznick
Joe Glickman

| writer = Michael O'Herlihy
Lionel E. Siege

| location = Toronto, Ontario

| first_aired = {{Start date|1987}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1987}}

| num_episodes = 4

| company = Operation Prime Time

}}

Hoover vs. The Kennedys: The Second Civil War is a four-hour 1987 made-for-television mini-series depicting the political struggles between FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The series was produced by Operation Prime Time.{{Cite web|title=Hoover vs. The Kennedys: The Second Civil War {{!}} BAMPFA|url=https://bampfa.org/event/hoover-vs-kennedys-second-civil-war#:~:text=Daniel%20Selznick%20is%20Executive%20Producer,Channel%202%20later%20this%20month.|access-date=2021-05-08|website=bampfa.org| date=22 December 2014 }}

Synopsis

The film takes place between the 1960 Democratic National Convention in July 1960 and the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in June 1968, with the majority of the mini-series focusing on the Kennedy Administration (1961–1963).{{Cite news|last=Corry|first=John|date=1987-11-18|title=TV REVIEWS; 'HOOVER VS. THE KENNEDYS,' MINI-SERIES ON CHANNEL 11|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/18/arts/tv-reviews-hoover-vs-the-kennedys-mini-series-on-channel-11.html|access-date=2021-05-08|issn=0362-4331}}

Other sub-plots include Bobby Kennedy's frustration with his elder brother's politically risky womanizing and his often turbulent relationship with Hoover and the Civil Rights leadership of the era. The mini-series also touches on the alleged bargains Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. made with Mafia figures in order to get his son elected to the U.S. presidency.

Production

Hoover vs. The Kennedys was primarily filmed on location in and around Toronto, Ontario.{{Dubious |reason=It's unlikely that a film about two United States executive government officials would be filmed "on location" in Canada.|date=October 2016}}