"As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves."
James Woods
as Roy Marcus Cohn
Joe Don Baker
as Sen. Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Bologna
as Walter Winchell
Ed Flanders
as Joseph N. Welch
Frederic Forrest
as Dashiell Hammett
Lee Grant
as Dora Cohn
Pat Hingle
as J. Edgar Hoover
John McMartin
as Older Doctor
Josef Sommer
as Albert Cohn
Daniel Benzali
as Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman
Tovah Feldshuh
as Iva Schlesinger
John Finn
as Sen. Charles Potter
Frances Foster
as First Annie Lee Moss
Allen Garfield
as Abe Feller
David Marshall Grant
as Robert F. Kennedy
Joe Grifasi
as Gerald Walpin
Daniel Hugh Kelly
as Congressman Neil Gallagher
Karen Ludwig
as Ethel Rosenberg
Novella Nelson
as Second Annie Lee Moss
Peter Maloney
as Ray Kaplan
Jeffrey Nordling
as G. David Schine
Fritz Weaver
as Sen. Everett Dirksen
Chuck Aber
as Sen. John L. McClellan
Lamont Arnold
as Male Nurse
Steve Aronson
as Judge Kaufman
Bernard Canepari
as New York Judge
Sam Coppola
as Carmine Galante
Brandon Danziger
as Young Roy Cohn
Patricia Dunnock
as Female Nurse
David Early
as Chauffeur
Fanni Green
as Juror #9
Lance Lewman
as Young Doctor
Larry John Meyers
as Frank Raichle
Zachary Mott
as Sam Garfield
Marty Roppelt
as German Reporter
Joe Petruzzi
as Peter Frazer
Joseph Scoren
as Milo Gandini
John Seitz
as Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens
Jack Skelly
as New York Waiter
Robin Thomas
as Reporter
Daniel von Bargen
as Clyde Tolson
Don Wadsworth
as English Reporter #2
Rick Warner
as Robert Morgenthau Jr.
Kate Young
as French Reporter
Rik Billock
as FBI Agent (uncredited)
Nikolai Bulganin
as Self (Parade Saluter) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christopher Cussat
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
John W. Iwanonkiw
as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Gary Cooper
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Pierson
Director
David Franzoni
Writer
G.A. Aguilar
Stunts
John Pritchett
Sound Mixer
Stephen Marsh
Production Design
Nicolas von Hoffman
Book
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
Paul Elliott
Director of Photography
Lynne K. Eagan
Key Makeup Artist
Omneya 'Nini' Mazen
Post Production Supervisor
David Hankins
Supervising Sound Editor
Diana Stoughton
Set Decoration
Bill Bernstein
Music Editor
Deborah La Mia Denaver
Makeup & Hair
Tim Myers
Jill M. Ohanneson
Costume Design
Mona Orr
Key Hair Stylist
Matthew W. Mungle
Makeup Artist
John E. Jackson
Mary Colquhoun
Casting Director
Gary Kosko
Art Direction
Alan Haft
Associate Producer
Daniel Schneider
Paula Weinstein
Executive Producer
Doro Bachrach
Producer
Linda Gottlieb
Mark Rosenberg
Peter Zinner
Editor
Camera Operator