Summaries

A dramatization of the life of Joe McCarthy, the alcoholic senator from Wisconsin whose tactics of accusing prominent people of Communist sympathies were initially designed to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.—Anonymous

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Keywords
  • u.s. senator
  • american politics
  • red scare
  • senator joseph mccarthy
  • reference to roy cohn
Genres
  • Drama
  • History
  • Biography
Release date Feb 5, 1977
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Production companies Universal Television

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Tech specs

Runtime 2h 25m
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

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