The Front
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Presents a satire on the communist with hunts of the fifties in Hollywood. Directed by Martin Ritt. Stars Woody Allen, Zero Mostel and Herschel Bernardi.
In 1953, television screenwriter Alfred Miller is blacklisted and cannot get work. He asks his friend Howard Prince, a restaurant cashier and small-time bookie, to sign his name to Miller's television scripts. Howard becomes such a success that Miller's two fellow screenwriter friends hire him to be their front too. Hecky Brown is fired from the show, because he marched in a May Day parade and subscribed to The Daily Worker. The professional humiliation and the inability to provide for his wife and children take their toll, and, as a result, Hecky kills himself.
In 1953, television screenwriter Alfred Miller is blacklisted and cannot get work. He asks his friend Howard Prince, a restaurant cashier and small-time bookie, to sign his name to Miller's television scripts. Howard becomes such a success that Miller's two fellow screenwriter friends hire him to be their front too. Hecky Brown is fired from the show, because he marched in a May Day parade and subscribed to The Daily Worker. The professional humiliation and the inability to provide for his wife and children take their toll, and, as a result, Hecky kills himself.
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Registered 30Sep76 · LP46595 (Jul-Dec 1976) Copyright holder: Devon Company
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Presents a satire on the communist with hunts of the fifties in Hollywood. Directed by Martin Ritt. Stars Woody Allen, Zero Mostel and Herschel Bernardi.
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- A-V Online (National Information Center for Educational Media). CD-ROM database of educational and documentary media, compiled and maintained by the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM). — title, year, creator, length, format, sound, description
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — genre, description, credits, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q1197204 ↗ — length, color, country
- U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright
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