Point of Order!

1964·97'

Emile de Antonio

Documentary

★ 6.4

Letterboxd TMDB #97915

The Army-McCarthy Hearings of 1954

Point of Order is compiled from TV footage of the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings, in which the Army accused Senator McCarthy of improperly pressuring the Army for special privileges for Private David Schine, formerly of McCarthy's investigative staff. McCarthy accused the Army of holding Schine hostage to keep him from searching for Communists in the Army. These hearings resulted in McCarthy's eventual censure for conduct unbecoming a senator.

Cast

Joseph McCarthy Self

Roy Cohn Self

Karl E. Mundt Self

Joseph N. Welch Self

Stuart Symington Self

Scoop Jackson Self

John L. McClellan Self

G. David Schine Self