The Front

The Front

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 17, 1976

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.

The Front

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 17, 1976

The Front
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Columbia Pictures, Persky-Bright Productions, Rollins-Joffe Productions, Devon/Persky-Bright
Original title The Front
Directors Peter R. Scoppa, B.J. Bjorkman, Ralph S. Singleton, Martin Ritt
Writers Walter Bernstein

Cast

Woody Allen

as Howard Price

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

Norman Rose

as Howard's Attorney

Charles Kimbrough

as Committee Counselor

Josef Sommer

as Committee Chairman

Danny Aiello

as Danny LaGattuta

Georgann Johnson

as T.V. Interviewer

Scott McKay

as Hampton

David Clarke

as Hubert Jackson

I.W. Klein

as Bank Teller

John Bentley

as Bartender

Julie Garfield

as Margo

Murray Moston

as Boss

MacIntyre Dixon

as Harry Stone

Rudolph Willrich

as Tailman

Burt Britton

as Bookseller

Albert M. Ottenheimer

as School Principal

William Bogert

as Parks

Joey Faye

as Waiter

Marilyn Sokol

as Sandy

John J. Slater

as T.V. Director

Renee Paris

as Girl in Hotel Lobby

Gino Gennaro

as Stage Hand

Joan Porter

as Myer's Wife

Andrew Bernstein

as Alfred's Child

Jacob Bernstein

as Alfred's Child

Matthew Tobin

as Man at Party

Marilyn Persky

as Man at Party's Date

Sam McMurray

as Young Man at Party

Joe Jamrog

as FBI Man

Michael Miller

as FBI Man

Lucy Lee Flippin

as Nurse

Jack Davidson

as Congressman

Donald Symington

as Congressman

Pat McNamara

as Federal Marshal

Dwight D. Eisenhower

as Self (archive footage)

Mamie Eisenhower

as Self (archive footage)

Douglas MacArthur

as Self (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

as Self (archive footage)

Billie Perkins

as Waitress (uncredited)

Frankie Verroca

as Hotel Bellman (uncredited)

Carson Grant

as Eddy Waiter (uncredited)