McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter

55m
HistoryDocumentary
6

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.

Cast

Paul Newman
Self - Host
Roy Cohn
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Mamie Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
Ethel Rosenberg
Self (archive footage)
Julius Rosenberg
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)

Crew

Emile de Antonio
Director

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