The Front (1976)

September 30, 1976 (US) • Comedy, Drama • 95m

Overview

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.

Director

Martin Ritt

Writer

Walter Bernstein

Top Billed

Woody Allen

Keywords

friendship fight politics movie business screenwriter mccarthy era front writer communism mccarthyism 1950s

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Woody Allen

Howard Prince

Zero Mostel

Hecky Brown

Herschel Bernardi

Philip Sussman

Michael Murphy

Alfred Miller

Andrea Marcovicci

Florence Barrett

Remak Ramsay

Hennessey

Marvin Lichterman

Myer Prince

Lloyd Gough

Delaney

David Margulies

Phelps

Joshua Shelley

Sam

Norman Rose

Howard's Attorney

Charles Kimbrough

Committee Counselor

Josef Sommer

Committee Chairman

Danny Aiello

Danny LaGattuta

Georgann Johnson

T.V. Interviewer

Scott McKay

Hampton

David Clarke

Hubert Jackson

I.W. Klein

Bank Teller

John Bentley

Bartender

Julie Garfield

Margo

Murray Moston

Boss

MacIntyre Dixon

Harry Stone

Rudolph Willrich

Tailman

Burt Britton

Bookseller

Albert M. Ottenheimer

School Principal

William Bogert

Parks

Joey Faye

Waiter

Marilyn Sokol

Sandy

John J. Slater

T.V. Director

Renee Paris

Girl in Hotel Lobby

Gino Gennaro

Stage Hand

Joan Porter

Myer's Wife

Andrew Bernstein

Alfred's Child

Jacob Bernstein

Alfred's Child

Matthew Tobin

Man at Party

Marilyn Persky

Man at Party's Date

Sam McMurray

Young Man at Party

Joe Jamrog

FBI Man

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)

Frankie Verroca

Hotel Bellman (uncredited)

Carson Grant

Eddy Waiter (uncredited)

Harrison Ressler

Protester (uncredited)

Crew

Robert Drumheller

Production Manager

Martin Ritt

Director

Ralph S. Singleton

First Assistant Editor

Ruth Morley

Costume Design

Martin Ritt

Producer

Michael Chapman

Director of Photography

Sidney Levin

Editor

Robert Drumheller

Set Decoration

Peter R. Scoppa

Assistant Director

Golda David

Producer's Assistant

Robert Ward

Key Grip

Bruno Robotti

Scenic Artist

Lois Kramer Hartwick

Production Office Coordinator

Peter Burrell

Location Manager

Charles Bailey

Art Direction

B.J. Bjorkman

Script Supervisor

Robert Jiras

Makeup Artist

Philip Leto

Hairstylist

James Fanning

Transportation Captain

Christopher Cronyn

Location Manager

Charles H. Joffe

Executive Producer

Robert Greenhut

Associate Producer

Peggy Farrell

Wardrobe Master

James G. Stewart

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Beth Rudin

Production Assistant

John H. Newman

Sound Editor

Josh Weiner

Still Photographer

Hy Friedman

Assistant Editor

Wayne Artman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David Garfield

Production Assistant

Bill Johnson

Second Assistant Camera

Juliet Taylor

Casting

Tom Beckert

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Scott MacDonough

Unit Publicist

Patricia Crown

Production Assistant

Else Blangsted

Music Editor

Joseph M. Caracciolo

Property Master

Richard Quinlan

Gaffer

Fred Schuler

Camera Operator

Ralph S. Singleton

Second Assistant Director

Tibor Sands

First Assistant Camera

James Sabat

Sound Mixer

Vito L. Ilardi

Boom Operator

Dave Grusin

Original Music Composer

Walter Bernstein

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