The Front

The Front

America's most unlikely hero.

1976•1h 35m•7.0/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(177)

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.

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Production

Devon/Persky-Bright, Persky-Bright Productions, Columbia Pictures, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Howard Prince

Zero Mostel

Zero Mostel

Hecky Brown

Herschel Bernardi

Herschel Bernardi

Philip Sussman

Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy

Alfred Miller

Andrea Marcovicci

Andrea Marcovicci

Florence Barrett

Remak Ramsay

Remak Ramsay

Hennessey

Marvin Lichterman

Myer Prince

Lloyd Gough

Lloyd Gough

Delaney

David Margulies

David Margulies

Phelps

Joshua Shelley

Joshua Shelley

Sam

Norman Rose

Howard's Attorney

Charles Kimbrough

Charles Kimbrough

Committee Counselor

Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

Committee Chairman

Danny Aiello

Danny Aiello

Danny LaGattuta

Georgann Johnson

Georgann Johnson

T.V. Interviewer

Scott McKay

Scott McKay

Hampton

David Clarke

David Clarke

Hubert Jackson

I.W. Klein

Bank Teller

John Bentley

John Bentley

Bartender

Julie Garfield

Julie Garfield

Margo

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