The Front
America's most unlikely hero.
1976 | 95m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Martin Ritt |
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| Writer: | Walter Bernstein |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 17, 1976 |
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| Director: | Martin Ritt |
| Writer: | Walter Bernstein |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | movie business, screenwriter, fight, mccarthy era, friendship, politics, front, writer, communism, mccarthyism, 1950s |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Persky-Bright Productions, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions, Devon/Persky-Bright |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Woody Allen | Howard Prince |
| Zero Mostel | Hecky Brown |
| Herschel Bernardi | Philip Sussman |
| Michael Murphy | Alfred Miller |
| Andrea Marcovicci | Florence Barrett |
| Remak Ramsay | Hennessey |
| Marvin Lichterman | Myer Prince |
| Lloyd Gough | Delaney |
| David Margulies | Phelps |
| Joshua Shelley | Sam |
| Norman Rose | Howard's Attorney |
| Charles Kimbrough | Committee Counselor |
| Josef Sommer | Committee Chairman |
| Danny Aiello | Danny LaGattuta |
| Georgann Johnson | T.V. Interviewer |
| Scott McKay | Hampton |
| David Clarke | Hubert Jackson |
| I.W. Klein | Bank Teller |
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Martin Ritt | Director |
| Sidney Levin | Editor |
| Robert Drumheller | Production Manager, Set Decoration |
| Ruth Morley | Costume Design |
| Charles Bailey | Art Direction |
| Peter R. Scoppa | Assistant Director |
| Golda David | Producer's Assistant |
| B.J. Bjorkman | Script Supervisor |
| Lois Kramer Hartwick | Production Office Coordinator |
| Christopher Cronyn | Location Manager |
| James Fanning | Transportation Captain |
| Joseph M. Caracciolo | Property Master |
| Bruno Robotti | Scenic Artist |
| Richard Quinlan | Gaffer |
| Robert Ward | Key Grip |
| Robert Jiras | Makeup Artist |
| Philip Leto | Hairstylist |
| Peggy Farrell | Wardrobe Master |
| Fred Schuler | Camera Operator |
| Tibor Sands | First Assistant Camera |
| Bill Johnson | Second Assistant Camera |
| Josh Weiner | Still Photographer |
| James Sabat | Sound Mixer |
| Vito L. Ilardi | Boom Operator |
| Scott MacDonough | Unit Publicist |
| John H. Newman | Sound Editor |
| Else Blangsted | Music Editor |
| Hy Friedman | Assistant Editor |
| James G. Stewart | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Tom Beckert | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Wayne Artman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Beth Rudin | Production Assistant |
| Patricia Crown | Production Assistant |
| Ralph S. Singleton | First Assistant Editor, Second Assistant Director |
| Michael Chapman | Director of Photography |
| Walter Bernstein | Screenplay |
| Dave Grusin | Original Music Composer |
| Peter Burrell | Location Manager |
| David Garfield | Production Assistant |
| Juliet Taylor | Casting |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Martin Ritt | Producer |
| Charles H. Joffe | Executive Producer |
| Robert Greenhut | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | Best Director | Martin Ritt | Nominated |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 7 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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