Summary
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.
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
Frances Foster
First Annie Lee Moss
Allen Garfield
Abe Feller
David Marshall Grant
Robert F. Kennedy
Joe Grifasi
Gerald Walpin
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Congressman Neil Gallagher
Karen Ludwig
Ethel Rosenberg
Novella Nelson
Second Annie Lee Moss
Peter Maloney
Ray Kaplan
Jeffrey Nordling
G. David Schine
Fritz Weaver
Sen. Everett Dirksen
Chuck Aber
Sen. John L. McClellan
Lamont Arnold
Male Nurse
Steve Aronson
Judge Kaufman
Bernard Canepari
New York Judge
Sam Coppola
Carmine Galante
Brandon Danziger
Young Roy Cohn
Patricia Dunnock
Female Nurse
David Early
Chauffeur
Fanni Green
Juror #9
Lance Lewman
Young Doctor
Larry John Meyers
Frank Raichle
Zachary Mott
Sam Garfield
Marty Roppelt
German Reporter
Joe Petruzzi
Peter Frazer
Joseph Scoren
Milo Gandini
John Seitz
Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens
Jack Skelly
New York Waiter
Robin Thomas
Reporter
Daniel von Bargen
Clyde Tolson
Don Wadsworth
English Reporter #2
Rick Warner
Robert Morgenthau Jr.
Kate Young
French Reporter
Rik Billock
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Nikolai Bulganin
Self (Parade Saluter) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christopher Cussat
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
John W. Iwanonkiw
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Gary Cooper
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Frank Pierson
Book
Nicolas von Hoffman
Writer
David Franzoni
Reviews
adorablepanic
April 7, 2020
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CITIZEN COHN (1992) was HBO's first attempt at covering the life of disgraced lawyer Roy Cohn, predating their acclaimed ANGELS IN AMERICA by 11 years. While the 2003 mini-series was packed with A-level Hollywood talent, its predecessor also had impressive bona fides. Director Frank Pierson (writer of COOL HAND LUKE and DOG DAY AFTERNOON) steers a cast led by James Woods, Joe Don Baker, Lee Grant, Frederic Forrest, and many other solid veteran character actors. Starting with his upbringing as an indulged mama's-boy and covering his entire life, Cohn's machinations - at all times ruthless, immoral, hostile, and destructive - make todays political rhetoric seem positively honest and wholesome. Sharply written by David Franzoni, this is a fascinatingly repulsive story that takes you down the dark trail where power and sociopathy collide - and exposes the bodies created by the impact.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00
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