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The Front
Directed by
Martin Ritt
PG
1976
1h 35m
Comedy
,
Drama
7.3
68%
74%
7.0
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In 1953, 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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Cast of The Front
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
The Front Ratings & Reviews
The New Yorker
Pauline Kael
Damned if the subject didn't get the better of Berstein. He didn't develop the comic potential of his idea; instead, almost as if by reflex, he has written one of those scripts about how the common man must become involved, must learn what he stands for.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...an effective (and affecting) endeavor.
Philadelphia Gay News
Michael Mascioli
The Front lacks a good script and seems to have trouble convincing us whether or not all this really happened.
Bay Area Reporter
Donald McLean
Funny as only Allen can be, the script by Walter Bernstein and the direction by Martin Ritt delve far deeper and give us a penetrating look via black comedy at a time of mass hysteria.
Los Angeles Free Press
Ruth Batchelor
It's human and more terrifying than any horror film because it could happen again.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
As directed by Martin Ritt and played by Woody Allen, this is a well intentioned but oversimplified tale, which is mostly useful as an historical reminder of a shameful chapter in Hollywood's blacklisting era
TV Guide
A pretty sluggish movie.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Although made by those who were punished by being blacklisted during that period, the film disappoints by being so politically mild.
DVDJournal.com
Mark Bourne
Any reminder of the tribulations undergone by the blacklistees serves a useful and eye-opening purpose, but good intentions and a sense of martyrdom don't by themselves fill the glass.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
It recreates the awful noise of ignorance that can still be heard.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The tragedy implied by this character tells us what we need to know about the blacklist's effect on people's lives; the rest of the movie adds almost nothing else.
eFilmCritic.com
Scott Weinberg
The Front may not be all you need to know about the 1950's blacklist tragedy, but it's certainly one of the finest films ever made on the subject.
Slant Magazine
Eric Henderson
Bernstein smartly suggests how capitalism actually benefited from the oppression of suspected communists.
Spirituality & Practice
Mary Ann Brussat
Proves that no one can escape the long and intrusive arm of politics and evade involvement
San Francisco Examiner
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A well-balanced story of McCarthyism.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
Ritt's direction is all sweaty close-ups and mismatched shots.
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