Point of Order!

Name: Point of Order!
Director: Emile de Antonio
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1964-01-14
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Joseph McCarthy, Roy Cohn, Karl E. Mundt, Joseph N. Welch, Stuart Symington

“The Army-McCarthy Hearings of 1954”

1964

1h 37m

Documentary

Director: Emile de Antonio

Overview

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.