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The Front

7.019761h 35mPGMovieComedyDrama

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.

DirectorMartin Ritt
WriterWalter Bernstein
ProducersMartin Ritt·Charles H. Joffe

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Cast · Directed by Martin Ritt

WAWoody Allen
Woody Allen
Howard Prince
ZMZero Mostel
Zero Mostel
Hecky Brown
HBHerschel Bernardi
Herschel Bernardi
Philip Sussman
MMMichael Murphy
Michael Murphy
Alfred Miller
AMAndrea Marcovicci
Andrea Marcovicci
Florence Barrett
RRRemak Ramsay
Remak Ramsay
Hennessey
ML
Marvin Lichterman
Myer Prince
LGLloyd Gough
Lloyd Gough
Delaney
DMDavid Margulies
David Margulies
Phelps
JSJoshua Shelley
Joshua Shelley
Sam
NR
Norman Rose
Howard's Attorney
CKCharles Kimbrough
Charles Kimbrough
Committee Counselor

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