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.
Direction
Granddaughter's revenge: Ivy Meeropol's personal excavation.
Acting
Nathan Lane spitting venom as only he can.
Editing
Archive footage that feels like found horror.
Director
Ivy Meeropol
Roy Cohn
Self (archive footage)
Tony Kushner
Self
Nathan Lane
Self
John Waters
Self
Alan Dershowitz
Self
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage)
Larry King
Self (archive footage)
Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)
Fred Trump
Self (archive footage)
Ivana Trump
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Ivy Meeropol is the granddaughter of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, whom Cohn helped execute. She started this film to understand her family's destroyer.
The film's release in 2019 was eerily timed: Cohn's playbook of denial, attack, and 'who's my next mark' became the national news cycle daily.
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