There’s a scene late in “The Apprentice,” the new film directed by Ali Abbasi about the relationship between Donald J. Trump and the attorney Roy Cohn, that’s akin to Dr. Frankenstein realizing in horror just what he has made.

That was surely due at least in part to a cease and desist letter from Trump lawyers. Trump’s campaign spokesman called the movie “pure fiction” (the filmmakers call their script “fact-based”). One of the film's investors — Trump supporter Dan Snyder,