Citizen Cohn (1992)

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Country: USA
Genres: Biography, Drama
Release: 1992-08-22
Director: Frank Pierson
Writers: Nicholas von Hoffman , David Franzoni (II)
Language: English
Stars: James Woods , Joe Don Baker , Joseph Bologna , Ed Flanders , Frederic Forrest , Lee Grant (I) , Pat Hingle , John McMartin , Josef Sommer , Daniel Benzali
Runtime: 111 min
Awards: Won 3 Primetime Emmys. 11 wins & 19 nominations total
AKA: Cetateanul Cohn (Romania) , Citizen Cohn (United States of America) , Гражданин Кон (Russian Federation) , Kansalainen Cohn (Finland) , Politis Cohn (Greece) , 赤狩り／マッカーシーの右腕と呼ばれた男 (Japan) , Obywatel Cohn (Poland) , Citizen Cohn - Handlanger des Todes (Germany) , Egy elhibázott élet (Hungary) , 虚偽／シチズン・コーン (Japan) , Le pouvoir de Roy Cohn (Canada) , Citizen Cohn , Ciudadano Cohn (Spain) , Cidadão Cohn (Brazil) , Гражданинът Коун (Bulgaria) , Citizen Cohn (Finland) , Cohn, o Inquiridor (Portugal, Portuguese Republic)
Plot: In the 50's, the ambitious and unscrupulous Jewish prosecutor Roy Marcus 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.
IMDB:tt0103973