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The Front (1976)
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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. Director:Martin RittWriter:Walter Bernstein |
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| Zero Mostel | ... | ||
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Herschel Bernardi | ... |
Phil Sussman
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Alfred Miller
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Remak Ramsay | ... |
Hennessey
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Marvin Lichterman | ... |
Myer Prince
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Lloyd Gough | ... |
Delaney
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Phelps
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Joshua Shelley | ... | |
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Norman Rose | ... |
Howard's Attorney
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Charles Kimbrough | ... |
Committee Counselor
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| Josef Sommer | ... |
Committee Chairman
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| Danny Aiello | ... |
Danny LaGattuta
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Georgann Johnson | ... |
T. V. Interviewer
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Storyline
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. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
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America's Most Unlikely Hero.Parents Guide:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
El testaferro See more »Company Credits
Production Co:
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Devon/Persky-Bright, Persky-Bright Productions See more »
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are listed along with the year they were blacklisted. See more »
Sung by Zero Mostel
Music by Carrie Hoffman
Lyrics by Ira Gassman See more »
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Trivia
Several people involved in this film were themselves on the McCarthy-era blacklists that it is about: director Martin Ritt; writer Walter Bernstein; and actors Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Lloyd Gough and Joshua Shelley. See more »Goofs
Continuity: Investigator Hennessey, as his name is spelled in the credits, is shown sitting at his desk on which there is a nameplate which reads Francis K. Hennessy. See more »Quotes
Howard Prince: Swimming's not a sport, swimming's what you do so that you shouldn't drown.See more »
Crazy Credits
During the credits the people involved with the movie who were blacklistedare listed along with the year they were blacklisted. See more »
Soundtracks
"Anything for a Laugh"Sung by Zero Mostel
Music by Carrie Hoffman
Lyrics by Ira Gassman See more »
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