The Front
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. Read more
| Starring | Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Michael Murphy, Andrea Marcovicci |
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| Director | Martin Ritt |
| Genres | Comedy |
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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.
| Starring | Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Michael Murphy, Andrea Marcovicci |
|---|---|
| Director | Martin Ritt |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 1976 |
| Format | DVD |
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Woody Allen is overshadowed both physically and dramatically by his co-star Zero Mostel in this Martin Ritt-directed expos? of Hollywood during the witch-hunt days of the 1950s. Allen plays a cashier who agrees to lend his name as a cover for blacklisted scriptwriters, and his usual neurotic personality is kept subdued until his character starts believing he's as good as the authors he's helping. A fair stab at wringing humour out of a grim period in Hollywood's history.
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Woody Allen, miscast in his first straight role (as a schnook who lends his name to blacklisted writers for ten percent... read more on Time Out
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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....
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