The Front (1976)
September 17, 1976Release Date
The Front (1976)
September 17, 1976Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Woody Allen
Howard Prince
Zero Mostel
Hecky Brown
Herschel Bernardi
Phil Sussman
Michael Murphy
Alfred Miller
Andrea Marcovicci
Florence Barrett
Remak Ramsay
Francis Hennessey
Marvin Lichterman
Myer Prince
Lloyd Gough
Herbert Delaney
David Margulies
William Phelps
Joshua Shelley
Sam
Norman Rose
Howard's Attorney
Charles Kimbrough
Committee Counselor
Martin Ritt
Director
Josef Sommer
Committee Chairman
Walter Bernstein
Writer
Danny Aiello
Danny LaGattuta
Dave Grusin
Composer
Georgann Johnson
T.V. Interviewer
Scott McKay
Hampton
Michael Chapman
Cinematographer
David Clarke
Hubert Jackson
Sidney Levin
Editor
I.W. Klein
Bank Teller
Juliet Taylor
CastingDirector
John Bentley
Bartender
Julie Garfield
Margo
Murray Moston
Boss
MacIntyre Dixon
Harry Stone
Rudolph Willrich
Tailman
Burt Britton
Bookseller
Albert M. Ottenheimer
School Principal
William Bogert
Parks
Joey Faye
Waiter
Marilyn Sokol
Sandy
John J. Slater
T.V. Director
Renee Paris
Girl in Hotel Lobby
Gino Gennaro
Stage Hand
Joan Porter
Myer's Wife
Andrew Bernstein
Alfred's Child
Jacob Bernstein
Alfred's Child
Matthew Tobin
Man at Party
Marilyn Persky
Man at Party's Date
Sam McMurray
Young Man at Party
Joe Jamrog
FBI Man
Michael Miller
FBI Man
Lucy Lee Flippin
Nurse
Jack Davidson
Congressman
Donald Symington
Congressman
Pat McNamara
Federal Marshal
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Mamie Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Douglas MacArthur
Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
Billie Perkins
Waitress (uncredited)
Frankie Verroca
Hotel Bellman (uncredited)
Carson Grant
Eddy Waiter (uncredited)
Ruth Morley
Costume Design
Robert Greenhut
Associate Producer
Fred Schuler
Camera Operator
Charles H. Joffe
Executive Producer
Robert Jiras
Makeup Artist
Philip Leto
Hairstylist
Robert Drumheller
Set Decoration / Production Manager
James G. Stewart
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charles Bailey
Art Direction
Joseph M. Caracciolo
Property Master
Ralph S. Singleton
First Assistant Editor / Second Assistant Director
James Sabat
Sound Mixer
David Garfield
Production Assistant
James Fanning
Transportation Captain
Peggy Farrell
Wardrobe Master
Lois Kramer Hartwick
Production Office Coordinator
Peter Burrell
Location Manager
Richard Quinlan
Gaffer
Bill Johnson
Second Assistant Camera
Wayne Artman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Patricia Crown
Production Assistant
Josh Weiner
Still Photographer
Christopher Cronyn
Location Manager
Bruno Robotti
Scenic Artist
B.J. Bjorkman
Script Supervisor
Tom Beckert
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Ward
Key Grip
Else Blangsted
Music Editor
Peter R. Scoppa
Assistant Director
Vito L. Ilardi
Boom Operator
Golda David
Producer's Assistant
John H. Newman
Sound Editor
Tibor Sands
First Assistant Camera
Scott MacDonough
Unit Publicist
Beth Rudin
Production Assistant
Hy Friedman
Assistant Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 17, 1976
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Content RatingPG
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
The Front is a 1976 American drama film set against the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s, when artists, writers, directors, and others were rendered unemployable, having been accused of subversive political activities in support of Communism or of being Communists themselves. It was written by Walter Bernstein, directed by Martin Ritt, and stars Woody Allen, Zero Mostel and Michael Murphy.
Several people involved in the making of the film—including screenwriter Bernstein, director Ritt, and actors Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, and Lloyd Gough—had been blacklisted. (The name of each in the closing credits is followed by "Blacklisted 19--" and the relevant year.) Bernstein was listed after being named in the Red Channels journal that identified alleged Communists and Communist sympathizers.