Citizen Cohn (1992)

Directed by

Frank Pierson

Genre

biographical film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This biographical television film focuses on Roy Cohn, the powerful and controversial lawyer who served as chief counsel for Senator Joseph McCarthy. It shows Cohn's rise and fall as he uses aggressive tactics to destroy his enemies while hiding his own secrets.

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What happens

Citizen Cohn is a 1992 American biographical drama television film about the life of Joseph McCarthy's controversial chief counsel Roy Cohn. It was directed by Frank Pierson and written by David Franzoni, based on the 1988 biography by Nicholas von Hoffman. James Woods stars as Cohn, alongside Joe Don Baker (as McCarthy), Ed Flanders (as Cohn's courtroom nemesis Joseph Welch), Frederic Forrest (as writer Dashiell Hammett), and Pat Hingle (as Cohn's onetime mentor J. Edgar Hoover). Citizen Cohn was filmed on location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It aired on HBO on August 22, 1992. Woods was nominated for both a Primetime Emmy and a Golden Globe for his performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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