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Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn offers an unflinching look at the infamous attorney who prosecuted Ivy Meeropol’s grandparents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and later argued persuasively for their execution in what became known as the “atomic spies” case.
Directed by Ivy Meeropol, the film examines Cohn’s life as chief counsel to Senator Joseph McCarthy in the late 1950s and then through the 1980s when he became a darling of the Reagan White House, a rabid anti-homosexuality activist and political mentor to Donald J. Trump before dying from AIDS in 1986.
The film draws from extensive, newly unearthed archival material, recorded at the height of Cohn’s career as a power broker in the rough and tumble world of New York City business and politics.
Original Release
06/18/2020
US Release
06/18/2020
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Cindy Adams | Self |
Joey Adams | Self - Comedian |
Peter L. Allen | Self - Cohn's former driver |
Noreen Bahring | Self |
Wayne Barrett | Self |
Maryanne Trump Barry | Self - Sister of Donald Trump / Self (archive footage) |
Tom Brokaw | Self |
Susan Brown | Ethel Rosenberg |
Roy M. Cohn | Self |
Alan Dershowitz | Self |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Cindy Adams | Self |
Joey Adams | Self - Comedian |
Peter L. Allen | Self - Cohn's former driver |
Noreen Bahring | Self |
Wayne Barrett | Self |
Maryanne Trump Barry | Self - Sister of Donald Trump / Self (archive footage) |
Tom Brokaw | Self |
Susan Brown | Ethel Rosenberg |
Roy M. Cohn | Self |
Alan Dershowitz | Self |
Richard DuPont | Self |
Peter Fraser | Self |
Carmine Galante | Self |
Ethan Geto | Self |
Mikhail Gorbachev | Self (archive footage) / Self |
David Greenglass | Self |
Irving Kaufman | Self - Rosenberg Trial Judge |
Larry King | Self (archive footage) / Self |
John Klotz | Self |
Tony Kushner | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Nancy Abraham | Executive Producer |
Lisa Heller | Executive Producer |
Peter Manso | Producer |
Ivy Meeropol | Producer |
Christopher Clements | Producer |
Marissa Torres Ericson | Producer |
Julie Goldman | Producer |
Carolyn Hepburn | Producer |
Frank Rich | Producer |
J. Daniel Torres | Producer |