The Front (1976)

09/17/1976 (US) • 1h 35m

Comedy, Drama

America's most unlikely hero.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Woody Allen

Howard Prince

Zero Mostel

Hecky Brown

Herschel Bernardi

Philip Sussman

Michael Murphy

Alfred Miller

Andrea Marcovicci

Florence Barrett

Remak Ramsay

Hennessey


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

friendship

fight

politics

movie business

screenwriter

mccarthy era

front

writer

communism

mccarthyism

1950s

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