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Language. English. 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.
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.
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- Drama
- Martin Ritt
- 1977-01-13
The Front (1976) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Synopsis. During the McCarthy era of the 1950s, Howard Prince is working as a cashier in a bar and struggling to supplement his income by with a side job as a bookie. His old friend Alfred Miller is a successful television writer whose leftist political views have caused him to be blacklisted and he cannot work.
- Martin Ritt
- Woody Allen
In the 1950s, restaurant cashier Howard Prince (Woody Allen) is apathetic toward the politics around him. When a blacklisted screenwriter (Michael Murphy) asks Howard to sell a script under his ...
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- Martin Ritt
- PG
- Woody Allen
A comedy about a deli clerk who fronts for a blacklisted writer in the 1950s. Ebert criticizes the film for focusing on Allen's character rather than the blacklist issue, and praises Zero Mostel's performance as a comic.
Summaries. 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. In the early 1950s Howard Prince, who works in a restaurant, helps out a black-listed writer friend by selling a TV station a script under his own name.
