Movie
The Front
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1976-09-17
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Devon/Persky-Bright, Persky-Bright Productions, Columbia Pictures, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Marvin Lichterman as Myer Prince
- Lloyd Gough as Delaney
- David Margulies as Phelps
- Joshua Shelley as Sam
- Norman Rose as Howard's Attorney
- Charles Kimbrough as Committee Counselor
Crew
- Martin Ritt - Director
- Walter Bernstein - Writer
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