Citizen Cohn 1992

Roy Cohn, the flamboyant attorney who served as Senator McCarthy’s staunch ally, opposed the Kennedys, cultivated a close relationship with the FBI, and became a symbol of America’s political darkness, spends his final days dying of AIDS in a private hospital. In his closing moments, memories and figures from his turbulent career appear, forcing him to confront the choices, betrayals and loves that defined his controversial life.

Roy Cohn, the flamboyant attorney who served as Senator McCarthy’s staunch ally, opposed the Kennedys, cultivated a close relationship with the FBI, and became a symbol of America’s political darkness, spends his final days dying of AIDS in a private hospital. In his closing moments, memories and figures from his turbulent career appear, forcing him to confront the choices, betrayals and loves that defined his controversial life.

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Pat Hingle

Pat Hingle

J. Edgar Hoover

Lee Grant

Lee Grant

Dora Cohn

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Woods

James Woods

Roy Marcus Cohn

Frederic Forrest

Frederic Forrest

Dashiell Hammett

John Finn

John Finn

Sen. Charles Potter

Tovah Feldshuh

Tovah Feldshuh

Iva Schlesinger

Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

Albert Cohn

Joe Grifasi

Joe Grifasi

Gerald Walpin

Allen Garfield

Allen Garfield

Abe Feller

Robin Thomas

Robin Thomas

Reporter

Patricia Dunnock

Patricia Dunnock

Female Nurse

John McMartin

John McMartin

Older Doctor

Ed Flanders

Ed Flanders

Joseph N. Welch

Joseph Bologna

Joseph Bologna

Walter Winchell

Fritz Weaver

Fritz Weaver

Sen. Everett Dirksen

Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Sen. Joseph McCarthy

Daniel Hugh Kelly

Daniel Hugh Kelly

Congressman Neil Gallagher

David Marshall Grant

David Marshall Grant

Robert F. Kennedy

Peter Maloney

Peter Maloney

Ray Kaplan

Zachary Mott

Zachary Mott

Sam Garfield

Novella Nelson

Novella Nelson

Second Annie Lee Moss

Jeffrey Nordling

Jeffrey Nordling

G. David Schine

Nikolai Bulganin

Nikolai Bulganin

Self (Parade Saluter) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kate Young

Kate Young

French Reporter

John W. Iwanonkiw

John W. Iwanonkiw

Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Lance Lewman

Lance Lewman

Young Doctor

Rik Billock

Rik Billock

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Karen Ludwig

Karen Ludwig

Ethel Rosenberg

Larry John Meyers

Larry John Meyers

Frank Raichle

Sam Coppola

Sam Coppola

Carmine Galante

Bernard Canepari

Bernard Canepari

New York Judge

Daniel Benzali

Daniel Benzali

Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman

Joe Petruzzi

Joe Petruzzi

Peter Frazer

Joseph Scoren

Joseph Scoren

Milo Gandini

Daniel von Bargen

Daniel von Bargen

Clyde Tolson

John Seitz

John Seitz

Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens

David Early

David Early

Chauffeur

Rick Warner

Rick Warner

Robert Morgenthau Jr.

Lamont Arnold

Lamont Arnold

Male Nurse

Brandon Danziger

Brandon Danziger

Young Roy Cohn

Don Wadsworth

Don Wadsworth

English Reporter #2

Frances Foster

Frances Foster

First Annie Lee Moss

Steve Aronson

Steve Aronson

Judge Kaufman

Chuck Aber

Chuck Aber

Sen. John L. McClellan

Fanni Green

Fanni Green

Juror #9

Marty Roppelt

Marty Roppelt

German Reporter

Jack Skelly

Jack Skelly

New York Waiter

Christopher Cussat

Christopher Cussat

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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