In the early 1950s Howard Prince, who works in a restaurant, helps out a black-listed writer friend by selling a TV station a script under his own name. The money is useful in paying off gambling debts, so he takes on three more such clients. Howard is politically pretty innocent, but involvement with Florence – who quits TV in disgust over things – and friendship with the show’s ex-star – now himself blacklisted – make him start to think about what is really going on., Woody Allen plays a bookmaker who sees an opportunity to make a quick buck during the McCarthyite era and turns into an unlikely hero. For a small fee he puts his name on blacklisted writers’ works. Our naive hero soon gets himself into very hot water. The film satirises the persecution of artists by the government, with some very strong performances by the cast., Howard, a cashier and small-time bookie, poses as a writer to sell scripts for blacklisted screenwriters during the McCarthy era. When threatened with allegations, Howard takes a stand., An incisive comedy set at the time of the infamous McCarthy witch-hunt and centring on a bookmaker who rents his name to blacklisted writers. The script was penned by Walter Bernstein, himself blacklisted, and several of the actors in the film were subjected to blacklisting in real life., Martin Ritt’s The Front is a black-comedy about the McCarthy hearings of the ’50s and the subsequent Hollywood blacklisting. Woody Allen plays a bookmaker who become “a front” for a group of blacklisted Hollywood screenwriters who aren’t able to get a job, because of their alleged communist ties. The Front was written by blacklisted Walter Bernstein and features performances from several blacklisted entertainers, including Herschel Bernardi, Joshua Shelley, Lloyd Gough, and Zero Mostel.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “The Front ” ?
A: The main cast includes Woody Allen,Zero Mostel,Herschel Bernardi,Michael Murphy,Andrea Marcovicci,Remak Ramsay,Marvin Lichterman,Lloyd Gough,David Margulies,Joshua Shelley,Norman Rose,Danny Aiello,Scott McKay,Julie Garfield,Charles Kimbrough,Georgann Johnson,Josef Sommer,Polly Holliday,Burt Britton,Albert M. Ottenheimer,William Bogert,Joey Faye,Marilyn Sokol,David Clarke,John Bentley,John J. Slater,Renee Paris,Murray Moston,Gino Gennaro,MacIntyre Dixon,Joan Porter,Rudolph Willrich,Andrew Bernstein,Jacob Bernstein,Matthew Tobin,Marilyn Persky,Sam McMurray,John Slater,Joe Ramrog,Donald Symington,Pat McNamara,Joe Jamrog,Michael B. Miller,Lucy Lee Flippin,Jack Davidson,J. Patrick McNamara,Charles Bailey,Walter Goss,Jack Rollins,Ruth Morley,Walter Bernstein,James Sabat,Charles H. Joffe,Sidney Levin,Juliet Taylor,Robert Jiras,Michael Chapman.
Q: When Did the “The Front” Released?
A: The Movie “The Front” originally aired on 1976-09-17 and released in the year of 1976.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “The Front” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “The Front” ?
A: “The Front” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
