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