

Citizen Cohn
DirectorFrank Pierson
“He was McCarthy's loyal partner. The Kennedys' worst enemy. The F.B.I.'s best friend. The country's greatest nightmare.”
As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.
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"Citizen Cohn" (1992 - Frank Pierson)
Cast

James Woods
Roy Marcus Cohn

Joe Don Baker
Sen. Joseph McCarthy

Joseph Bologna
Walter Winchell

Ed Flanders
Joseph N. Welch

Frederic Forrest
Dashiell Hammett

Lee Grant
Dora Cohn

Pat Hingle
J. Edgar Hoover

John McMartin
Older Doctor

Josef Sommer
Albert Cohn

Daniel Benzali
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman

Tovah Feldshuh
Iva Schlesinger

John Finn
Sen. Charles Potter
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