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1992 · 107 mins · English
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Directed by
Frank Pierson
Starring
Pat Hingle, Lee Grant, Gary Cooper, James Woods, Frederic Forrest, John Finn

Roy Cohn, the flamboyant attorney who served as Senator McCarthy’s staunch ally, opposed the Kennedys, cultivated a close relationship with the FBI, and became a symbol of America’s political darkness, spends his final days dying of AIDS in a private hospital. In his closing moments, memories and figures from his turbulent career appear, forcing him to confront the choices, betrayals and loves that defined his controversial life.

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