Le Prête-nom
The Front
Release: 1976-09-17
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 7.0
Comédie
Drame
En plein Maccarthysme, Alfred Miller, auteur de renom demande a son ami d'enfance, Howard Prince, modeste plongeur dans un petit restaurant, de lui servir de prête-nom. Howard accepte et signe un feuilleton de télévision qui obtient un vif succès. Le héros du feuilleton, Hecky, est bientôt inquiété par la Commission qui lui demande de réunir des informations sur Howard. Hecky se jette alors du haut d'un pont. Le petit plongeur est à son tour convoqué. Il accusera violemment les membres de la Commission d'établir un climat de persécution et de peur !
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
David Margulies
as Phelps
Scott McKay
as Hampton
Woody Allen
as Howard Prince
Georgann Johnson
as T.V. Interviewer
Joey Faye
as Waiter
Lucy Lee Flippin
as Nurse
Harry S. Truman
as Self (archive footage)
Joshua Shelley
as Sam
Julie Garfield
as Margo
Rudolph Willrich
as Tailman
William Bogert
as Parks
Donald Symington
as Congressman
Billie Perkins
as Waitress (uncredited)
Remak Ramsay
as Hennessey
Lloyd Gough
as Delaney
Josef Sommer
as Committee Chairman
MacIntyre Dixon
as Harry Stone
Marilyn Sokol
as Sandy
Sam McMurray
as Young Man at Party
Herschel Bernardi
as Philip Sussman
Charles Kimbrough
as Committee Counselor
Murray Moston
as Boss
Michael Miller
as FBI Man
Pat McNamara
as Federal Marshal
Douglas MacArthur
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Murphy
as Alfred Miller
Andrea Marcovicci
as Florence Barrett
John Bentley
as Bartender
Andrew Bernstein
as Alfred's Child
Mamie Eisenhower
as Self (archive footage)
Zero Mostel
as Hecky Brown
Jack Davidson
as Congressman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
as Self (archive footage)
Danny Aiello
as Danny LaGattuta
David Clarke
as Hubert Jackson
Crew
Ralph S. Singleton
First Assistant Editor, Second Assistant Director
David Garfield
Production Assistant
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Walter Bernstein
Screenplay
Peter Burrell
Location Manager
Robert Greenhut
Associate Producer
Charles H. Joffe
Executive Producer
Dave Grusin
Original Music Composer
Martin Ritt
Director, Producer
Michael Chapman
Director of Photography