FRONT [BLU-RAY] [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1976
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Plot: The Front (1976) stars Woody Allen in his first dramatic role as Howard Prince, a nebbishy cashier/part-time bookie who, during the McCarthy-era communist witch-hunt, does a favor for an old school friend, a blacklisted TV writer (Michael Murphy). As his pal's 'front'—representing the scribe's work as his own and collecting ten percent of the profits—the apolitical schlemiel is soon enjoying not just the money but the perks, including the love of a sophisticated young producer (Andrea Marcovicci). But in an atmosphere of fear, nobody's above suspicion, and Howard's growing friendship with another unfairly accused blacklistee (Zero Mostel) brings down the wrath of HUAC—and a confrontation with his own burgeoning conscience.;
• Cast: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy, Andrea Marcovicci, Remak Ramsay, Marvin Lichterman, Lloyd Gough, David Margulies, Joshua Shelley, Norman Rose, Charles Kimbrough, Josef Sommer, Danny Aiello, Georgann Johnson, Scott McKay, David Clarke, I.W. Klein, John Bentley, Julie Garfield, Murray Moston, MacIntyre Dixon, Rudolph Willrich, Burt Britton, Albert Ottenheimer, William Bogert, Joey Faye, Marilyn Sokol, John J. Slater, Renee Paris, Gino Gennaro, Joan Porter, Andrew Bernstein, Jacob Bernstein, Matthew Tobin, Marilyn Persky, Sam McMurray, Joe Jamrog, Michael B. Miller, Lucy Lee Flippin, Jack Davidson, Donald Symington, Pat McNamara, Mamie Eisenhower, Ethel Rosenberg, Joseph Bergmann, Carson Grant, Stephen Hayes, Lauren Simon, Martin Ritt, Walter Bernstein, Michael Chapman, Sidney Levin, Dave Grusin, John H. Newman, Charles Bailey
• Director: Martin Ritt
• Runtime: 1:35
• Company: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., The Devon Company, Persky-Bright Productions, Rollins-Joffe Productions, Red Jam, LLC, Twilight Time
• Media Format: Movie