Movie
The Front
1976PG1h 35m7.0 / 10
America's most unlikely hero.
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
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Synopsis
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
More about The Front
Cast
Woody AllenHoward Prince
Zero MostelHecky Brown
Herschel BernardiPhilip Sussman
Michael MurphyAlfred Miller
Andrea MarcovicciFlorence Barrett
Remak RamsayHennesseyMarvin LichtermanMyer Prince
Lloyd GoughDelaneyCredits
- Directed by
- Martin Ritt
- Written by
- Walter Bernstein
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
- Devon/Persky-Bright
- Persky-Bright Productions
Columbia PicturesUnited States- Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe ProductionsUnited States
Themes
1950scommunismfightfriendshipfrontmccarthy eramccarthyismmovie business
