Haven’t Heard of ‘The President’s Analyst’? J. Edgar Hoover May Be the Reason
The story goes that the FBI chief was irked by the film’s depiction of the agency as a cadre of by-the-book buffoons and had it blocked. Now, it’s out on Blu-Ray and if you’re a fan of James Coburn you may be in for a treat.

Movie fans wanting to sample the halcyon days of the 1960s — or, rather, Hollywood’s version of it — are recommended to Kino Lorber’s newly remastered Blu-Ray of “The President’s Analyst” (1967). Never heard of it, you say? There’s a reason for that: J. Edgar Hoover, then head of the FBI, was irked by the film’s depiction of the agency as a cadre of by-the-book buffoons. Calls were made to the White House, which made calls to Paramount Pictures, which pulled the movie from distribution.
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