The Front
171 reviews
Comedy/Drama
1h 35m
1976
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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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.
- DirectorMartin Ritt
- Release17 September 1976
- Genre
- Duration1h 35m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate171 reviews
- Productions
Rollins-Joffe Productions, Devon/Persky-Bright, Persky-Bright Productions, Columbia Pictures
Cast

Woody Allen
Howard Prince

Zero Mostel
Hecky Brown

Herschel Bernardi
Philip Sussman

Michael Murphy
Alfred Miller

Andrea Marcovicci
Florence Barrett

Remak Ramsay
Hennessey

Lloyd Gough
Delaney

David Margulies
Phelps

Joshua Shelley
Sam

Charles Kimbrough
Committee Counselor

Josef Sommer
Committee Chairman

Danny Aiello
Danny LaGattuta

Georgann Johnson
T.V. Interviewer

Scott McKay
Hampton

David Clarke
Hubert Jackson

John Bentley
Bartender

Julie Garfield
Margo

Murray Moston
Boss

MacIntyre Dixon
Harry Stone

Rudolph Willrich
Tailman

William Bogert
Parks

Joey Faye
Waiter

Marilyn Sokol
Sandy

Andrew Bernstein
Alfred's Child

Sam McMurray
Young Man at Party

Michael Miller
FBI Man

Lucy Lee Flippin
Nurse

Jack Davidson
Congressman

Donald Symington
Congressman

Pat McNamara
Federal Marshal

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)

Mamie Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)

Douglas MacArthur
Self (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)

Billie Perkins
Waitress (uncredited)
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