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7.0A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Released: 1976-09-1795 minDir: Martin RittComedy, Drama
Cast
- Woody Allen as Howard Prince
- Zero Mostel as Hecky Brown
- Herschel Bernardi as Philip Sussman
- Michael Murphy as Alfred Miller
- Andrea Marcovicci as Florence Barrett
- Remak Ramsay as Hennessey
Themes
- friendship
- fight
- politics
- movie business
- screenwriter
- mccarthy era
- front
- writer
- communism
- mccarthyism
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 176299
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- publication date
- 1979-04-20
- title
- The Front
- review score
- 68%
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Roger Ebert
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Pauline Kael
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Vincent Canby
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New York City
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Woody Allen
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The New York Times
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Wayback Machine
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musical
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Columbia Pictures
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OCLC, Inc.
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British Academy Film Awards
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McCarthyism
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The New Yorker
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Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
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Richard Kind
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Categories
1976 American films1976 drama films1976 English-language films1976 filmsAmerican drama filmsAmerican films based on actual eventsColumbia Pictures filmsEnglish-language drama filmsFilms about McCarthyismFilms about televisionFilms about the Hollywood blacklistFilms directed by Martin RittFilms scored by Dave GrusinFilms set in 1953Films set in New York CityFilms shot in New York CityFilms with screenplays by Walter BernsteinTemplate film date with 1 release date