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