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Directed and produced by. Martin Ritt's "The Front" is the victim of its own publicity. For months, we've been promised this serious film treatment of McCarthyism and the show business blacklists of the early 1950s. We've heard about Woody Allen in his first serious role, and about how the film's director, its author and two of its stars were ...
The Front is a 1976 American drama film set against the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s, when artists, writers, directors, and others were rendered unemployable, having been accused of subversive political activities in support of Communism or of being Communists themselves. It was written by Walter Bernstein, directed by Martin Ritt, and ...
It's the early 1950s New York City. Unmotivated in life, Howard Prince works as the night cashier in a diner, he squandering whatever little money he earns and more on bad investments, mostly of the gambling kind, he thus in debt to a number of people. He is approached by his childhood friend Alfred Miller, a successful television script writer ...
Jan 13, 1977 · The Front: Directed by Martin Ritt. With Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy. In 1953, 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.
- Martin Ritt
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The Front (1976) The Front (1976) View more photos Movie Info Synopsis In the 1950s, restaurant cashier Howard Prince (Woody Allen) is apathetic toward the politics around him.
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- Martin Ritt
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- Woody Allen
During his time accepting accolades, romancing an impressed script writer, working under the spotlight of a growing suspicious government, meeting blacklisted actor Hecky Brown (Zero Mostel) and being called to answer the Committee’s questions himself, Howard gradually discovers just how dangerous and unfair the situation of this witchhunt is.
Popular reviews. More. Slig001 ★★★★ 1. The Front is set during the 'McCarthy era' and ensuing Hollywood blacklist, which was a secretive list of names banned from working in the industry due to suspected links to the Communist Party. Sort of like the low tech version of being shadowbanned on Twitter.
