The Front (1976)

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Written by Walter Bernstein

Directed by Martin Ritt

Running Time: 100 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1976

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Incisive comedy set at the time of the infamous McCarthy witch-hunt and centring on a bookmaker who rents his name to blacklisted writers. The script was penned by Walter Bernstein, who was himself blacklisted, and several of the actors in the film were also the victims of blacklisting in real life.

Cast

Image for Woody AllenWoody AllenHoward Prince
Zero MostelHecky Brown
Michael MurphyAlfred Miller
Andrea MarcovicciFlorence Barrett
Herschel BernardiPhil Sussman
Remak RamsayHennessey
Marvin LichtermanMyer Prince
Lloyd GoughDelaney
David MarguliesPhelps
Joshua ShelleySam
Norman RoseHoward's Attorney
Charles KimbroughCommittee Counselor
Josef SommerCommittee Chairman
Danny AielloDanny LaGattuta
Georgann JohnsonTV Interviewer
Scott McKayHampton
David ClarkeHubert Jackson
I.W. KleinBank Teller
John BentleyBartender
Julie GarfieldMargo
Murray MostonBoss

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