Citizen Cohn

1992    1h 47m    R
Drama, Biography,
7.161%63%
In the 50's, the ambitious and unscrupulous Jewish prosecutor Roy M. Cohn convinces Senator Joseph McCarthy to be his Chief Counselor in his hunting against communists. The arrogant Cohn destroys careers and lives and becomes a Jew hunting Jews and a gay hunting gays. In 1985, he dies of AIDS in a hospital in New York.
Directed By
Frank Pierson
Written By
David Franzoni
Studio
HBO Films

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Cast of Citizen Cohn
  • James WoodsRoy Marcus Cohn
  • Joe Don BakerSen. Joseph McCarthy
  • Joseph BolognaWalter Winchell
  • Ed FlandersJoseph N. Welch
  • Frederic ForrestDashiell Hammett
  • Lee GrantDora Cohn
  • Pat HingleJ. Edgar Hoover
  • John McMartinOlder Doctor
  • Josef SommerAlbert Cohn
  • Daniel BenzaliFrancis Joseph Cardinal Spellman
  • Tovah FeldshuhIva Schlesinger
  • John FinnSen. Charles Potter
  • Frances FosterFirst Annie Lee Moss
  • Allen GarfieldAbe Feller
  • David Marshall GrantRobert F. Kennedy
  • Joe GrifasiGerald Walpin
  • Daniel Hugh KellyCongressman Neil Gallagher
  • Karen LudwigEthel Rosenberg
  • Novella NelsonSecond Annie Lee Moss
  • Peter MaloneyRay Kaplan
  • Jeffrey NordlingG. David Schine
  • Fritz WeaverSen. Everett Dirksen
  • Chuck AberSen. John L. McClellan
  • Lamont ArnoldMale Nurse
  • Steve AronsonJudge Kaufman
  • Bernard CanepariNew York Judge
  • Sam CoppolaCarmine Galante
  • Brandon DanzigerYoung Roy Cohn
  • Patricia DunnockFemale Nurse
  • David EarlyChauffeur
  • Fanni GreenJuror #9
  • Lance LewmanYoung Doctor
  • Larry John MeyersFrank Raichle
  • Zachary MottSam Garfield
  • Marty RoppeltGerman Reporter
  • Joe PetruzziPeter Frazer
  • Joseph ScorenMilo Gandini
  • John SeitzSecretary of the Army Robert Stevens
  • Jack SkellyNew York Waiter
  • Robin ThomasReporter
  • Daniel von BargenClyde Tolson
  • Don WadsworthEnglish Reporter #2
  • Rick WarnerRobert Morgenthau Jr.
  • Kate YoungFrench Reporter
  • Rik BillockFBI Agent (uncredited)
  • Nikolai BulganinSelf (Parade Saluter) (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Christopher CussatRestaurant Patron (uncredited)
  • John W. IwanonkiwCourtroom Reporter (uncredited)
  • Gary CooperSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
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