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| 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 | |
| Peter Maloney | ... | Ray Kaplan | |
| Novella Nelson | ... | Second Annie Lee Moss | |
| Jeffrey Nordling | ... | G. David Schine | |
| Fritz Weaver | ... | Sen. Everett Dirksen | |
| Chuck Aber | ... | Sen. John L. McClellan | |
| Lamont Arnold | ... | Male Nurse | |
| Steve Aronson | ... | Judge Kaufman | |
| Nigel Bentley | ... | English Reporter #2 | |
| Bernard Canepari | ... | New York Judge | |
| Phillip Cook | ... | Monroe | |
| Sam Coppola | ... | Carmine Galante | |
| Brandon Danziger | ... | Young Roy Cohn | |
| Patricia Dunnock | ... | Female Nurse | |
| David Early | ... | Chauffeur | |
| Dick Feagler | ... | Newsman | |
| Jeff Gally | ... | FBI Man | |
| Fanni Green | ... | Juror #9 | |
| Alan Haft | ... | Disbarment Court Bailiff | |
| Lance Lewman | ... | Young Doctor | |
| Larry John Meyers | ... | Frank Raichle | |
| Zachary Mott | ... | Sam Garfield | |
| Vito Pisani | ... | Court Bailiff | |
| Marty Roppelt | ... | German Reporter | |
| Joe Petruzzi | ... | Peter Frazer (as Joe Salter) | |
| Joseph Scoren | ... | Milo Gandini (as Joseph Scorsiani) | |
| John Seitz | ... | Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens | |
| Jack Skelly | ... | New York Waiter | |
| Pip Theodor | ... | English Reporter #1 | |
| Robin Thomas | ... | Reporter | |
| Daniel von Bargen | ... | Clyde Tolson | |
| Don Wadsworth | ... | English Reporter #2 | |
| Anthony Walsh | ... | Sen. Karl Mundt | |
| Rick Warner | ... | Robert Morgenthau Jr. | |
| Kate Young | ... | French Reporter | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Nikolai Bulganin | ... | Himself (salutes parade) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Gary Cooper | ... | Himself (testifies before HUAC) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| John W. Iwanonkiw | ... | Courtroom Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Lyndon Johnson | ... | Himself (with JFK at inauguration) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Jacqueline Kennedy | ... | Herself (with JFK) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| John F. Kennedy | ... | Himself (campaigns) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Douglas MacArthur | ... | Himself (salutes parade) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Georgi Malenkov | ... | Himself (salutes parade) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Adolphe Menjou | ... | Himself (testifies before HUAC) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Vyacheslav Molotov | ... | Himself (salutes parade) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Pat Nixon | ... | Herself (with Richard) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Richard Nixon | ... | Himself (campaigns) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Dave Petti | ... | Senator (uncredited) | |
| Earl Warren | ... | Himself (swears in JFK) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Frank Pierson | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Nicolas von Hoffman | (biography) | |
| David Franzoni | (written by) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Thomas Newman | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Paul Elliott | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Peter Zinner | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Stephen Marsh | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Gary Kosko | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Diana Stoughton | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Jill M. Ohanneson | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Rachel Kick | .... | makeup artist | |
| Matthew W. Mungle | .... | makeup artist | |
| Linda Williams | .... | hair stylist | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Michael DeMeritt | .... | dga trainee | |
| Richard Oswald | .... | second assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Paul Bucciarelli | .... | scenic artist | |
| Chris Call | .... | property master | |
| Thomas J. Garrigan | .... | assistant property master | |
| Gregory Jones | .... | lead set dresser | |
| Eugene Pope | .... | carpenter | |
| Bob Smith | .... | set dresser | |
| Chris Stavrakis | .... | set dresser | |
Sound Department | |||
| Anna Behlmer | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Peter Bergren | .... | sound effects editor | |
| David A. Cohen | .... | sound editor | |
| John Pritchett | .... | sound mixer | |
| Dan Wallin | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
Stunts | |||
| G.A. Aguilar | .... | stunts (as George Aguilar) | |
| Danny Aiello III | .... | stunts | |
| Andy Armstrong | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Dana D. Bertolette | .... | stunts (as Dana Bertolette) | |
| Peter Bucossi | .... | stunts | |
| Jeff Jensen | .... | stunts | |
| J.T. Lannen | .... | stunts | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Robert Bender | .... | electrician | |
| Daniel Casey | .... | camera intern | |
| Steve Cohagan | .... | best boy electric | |
| Louis DiCesare | .... | gaffer | |
| Richard Eliano | .... | assistant camera | |
| Richard Foreman Jr. | .... | still photographer (as Richard Foreman) | |
| John S. Moyer | .... | best boy grip | |
| Ethan Phillips | .... | electrician | |
| Rich Schutte | .... | assistant camera | |
| Bubba Sheffield | .... | key grip | |
Casting Department | |||
| Donna M. Belajac | .... | casting: Pittsburgh | |
| J. Ben Sykes | .... | casting assistant | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Omneya 'Nini' Mazen | .... | post-production executive | |
| Marcelo Sansevieri | .... | associate film editor | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Frank A. Serrao | .... | driver | |
Other crew | |||
| Steve Battaglia | .... | set production assistant | |
| Brian Hartman | .... | production assistant | |
| Valerie E. Norman | .... | script supervisor | |
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Roy Cohn was truly a brilliant man. He graduated from law school before most people even graduated from college. During his prosecuting of the Rosenburgs and his stint as McCarthy's assistant, he was looked upon as a rising star, a "young Commie catching comet" as Walter Winchell called him. For all his panache, brilliane and theatrics, however, Cohn was nothing more then a liar and a crook and was disbarred shortly before his death from AIDs. It made me angry that this man was so brilliant and we could have reaped a great benefit from his talents if he had properly and honestly applied them to helping people. Like so many, however, Cohn was corrupted by power and greed. I have rarely seen an actor who can play a bad guy the way that James Woods can, this man is awesome in every way and they couldn't have picked a better man to play this real life meglomaniac and monster. Woods is so chilling as Cohn that you almost feel that his dying of AIDs is God's punishment. He is sneering in our faces all throughout this film. I see nothing wrong with calling Roy Cohn a monster, but he is like a Frankenstein monster because we made him and let him get away with it. He was a Jew who persecuted Jews and a gay man who persecuted gays. The most disturbing scene for me in the film is where the dying Cohn is literally "haunted" by the Rosenburgs, a victim of the Witch Hunt he drove to suicide and even Senator McCarthy and Joseph Welch (the lawyer who helped bring him down during the infamous Army-McCarthy hearings). Its hard to believe that we could have another Salem Witchcraft period of hysteria in our country but we did less then 50 years ago because of two demagogues named Joe McCarthy and Roy Cohn. Joe Don Baker did a fine job as the infamous Wisconsin Senator but Peter Boyle was the one who did a masterful performance in the 1977 tv film Tail Gunner Joe. They re-enact the scene during the hearings (which were the first of their kind carried live on tv) where Joseph Welch called down the wrath of God on this tyrant in a way no one would ever forget "I don't think I ever really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness...if it were in my power to forgive you for your reckless cruelty I would do so...I like to think I'm a gentle man but your forgiveness will have to come from someone else...have you left no sense of decency sir?...at long last have you left no sense of decency? He could have easily said the same thing to Roy Cohn and the answer would have been no.