The Front
The Front
Release: 1976-09-17
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 7.0
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Devon/Persky-Bright
Persky-Bright Productions
Columbia Pictures
Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Andrea Marcovicci
as Florence Barrett
Charles Kimbrough
as Committee Counselor
MacIntyre Dixon
as Harry Stone
Michael Miller
as FBI Man
Mamie Eisenhower
as Self (archive footage)
Georgann Johnson
as T.V. Interviewer
Marilyn Sokol
as Sandy
Woody Allen
as Howard Prince
John Bentley
as Bartender
Rudolph Willrich
as Tailman
William Bogert
as Parks
David Margulies
as Phelps
Jack Davidson
as Congressman
Donald Symington
as Congressman
Douglas MacArthur
as Self (archive footage)
Murray Moston
as Boss
Andrew Bernstein
as Alfred's Child
Dwight D. Eisenhower
as Self (archive footage)
Josef Sommer
as Committee Chairman
Danny Aiello
as Danny LaGattuta
Julie Garfield
as Margo
Harry S. Truman
as Self (archive footage)
Herschel Bernardi
as Philip Sussman
Remak Ramsay
as Hennessey
Scott McKay
as Hampton
Lucy Lee Flippin
as Nurse
Billie Perkins
as Waitress (uncredited)
Michael Murphy
as Alfred Miller
Lloyd Gough
as Delaney
Joshua Shelley
as Sam
David Clarke
as Hubert Jackson
Joey Faye
as Waiter
Sam McMurray
as Young Man at Party
Pat McNamara
as Federal Marshal
Zero Mostel
as Hecky Brown
Crew
Dave Grusin
Original Music Composer
Charles H. Joffe
Executive Producer
Michael Chapman
Director of Photography
Martin Ritt
Director, Producer
Robert Greenhut
Associate Producer
David Garfield
Production Assistant
Peter Burrell
Location Manager
Walter Bernstein
Screenplay
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Ralph S. Singleton
First Assistant Editor, Second Assistant Director