Overview
Legendary and controversial attorney Roy Cohn was a power broker in the rough and tumble world of New York City business and politics. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s top counsel during investigations into Communist activities in the 1950s, Cohn is also known for being Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, fixer and mentor.
Director and cast
- Roy Cohn as Self (archive footage)
- Tony Kushner as Self
- Nathan Lane as Self
- John Waters as Self
- Alan Dershowitz as Self
- Ivy Meeropol as Self
- Mikhail Gorbachev as Self (archive footage)
- Larry King as Self (archive footage)
- Joseph McCarthy as Self (archive footage)
- Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage)
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