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7.0A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Released: 1976-09-1795 minDir: Martin RittComedy, Drama
Cast
- 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
Themes
- friendship
- fight
- politics
- movie business
- screenwriter
- mccarthy era
- front
- writer
- communism
- mccarthyism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Martin Ritt
- Screenwriter
- Walter Bernstein
- Cast member
- Sam McMurray
- Composer
- Dave Grusin
- Producer
- Jack Rollins
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Q487094
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 176299
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1979-04-20
- title
- The Front
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- review score
- 68%
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