Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger

2014

English

6.7

♡ 18

83%

boston, massachusetts

Joe Berlinger Director

Patricia Donahue as Herself - Wife of Victim Michael Donahue

Osama bin Laden as Self - #1 on the FBI's Most Wanted List

J. Edgar Hoover as Self - Director of the FBI, 1935-1972

Bill Weld as Self - U.S. Attorney

A documentary that captures the sensational trial of infamous gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger, using the legal proceedings as a springboard to explore allegations of corruption within the highest levels of law enforcement. Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger examines Bulger's relationship with the FBI and Department of Justice that allowed him to reign over a criminal empire in Boston for decades.