Movie: McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter

Top 9 Billed Cast

Paul Newman
Paul Newman

Self - Host

Roy Cohn
Roy Cohn

Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Mamie Eisenhower
Mamie Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy

Self (archive footage)

Ethel Rosenberg
Ethel Rosenberg

Self (archive footage)

Julius Rosenberg
Julius Rosenberg

Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

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    Documentary of the U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, who rose to prominence in the early 1950s by trumpeting allegations of a vast conspiracy by alleged Communist agents whom he claimed had infiltrated the U.S. government, media, film industry, labor unions and other organizations.

  • Release Date

    1975-01-01

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    7

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    3.5 starts
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    English
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