The Front
1976 · Movie · PG · 95 min · ★ 7.0
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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Details
- Years
- 1976
- Release date
- 1976-09-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Max quality
- SD
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (181 votes)
Themes
- friendship
- fight
- politics
- movie business
- screenwriter
- mccarthy era
- front
- writer
- communism
- mccarthyism
- 1950s
Awards & recognition
- Silver nugget — the best foreign film · 1977
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1977 · nominated
Cast & crew
Woody Allen
as Howard Prince
Zero Mostel
as Hecky Brown
Herschel Bernardi
as Philip Sussman
Michael Murphy
as Alfred Miller
Andrea Marcovicci
as Florence Barrett
Remak Ramsay
as Hennessey
- ML
Marvin Lichterman
as Myer Prince
Lloyd Gough
as Delaney
David Margulies
as Phelps
Joshua Shelley
as Sam
Directed by Martin Ritt