The Front (1976)
1950. Hollywood is in de greep van de anticommunistische heksenjacht van McCarthy. Howard Prince is kassier in een tijdloos restaurantje en verder deeltijds bookmaker en voltijds mislukkeling. Op een dag biedt de door de communistenjagers gewraakte schrijver Alfred Miller hem 10 % van zijn gage op voorwaarde dat Prince hem zijn naam leent voor zijn nieuwste televisiescenario.
Regiseur: Martin Ritt
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Woody Allen as Howard Prince |
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Zero Mostel as Hecky Brown |
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Herschel Bernardi as Philip Sussman |
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Michael Murphy as Alfred Miller |
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Andrea Marcovicci as Florence Barrett |
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Remak Ramsay as Hennessey |
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Marvin Lichterman as Myer Prince |
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Lloyd Gough as Delaney |
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David Margulies as Phelps |
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Joshua Shelley as Sam |
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Norman Rose as Howard's Attorney |
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Charles Kimbrough as Committee Counselor |
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Josef Sommer as Committee Chairman |
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Danny Aiello as Danny LaGattuta |
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Georgann Johnson as T.V. Interviewer |
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Scott McKay as Hampton |
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David Clarke as Hubert Jackson |
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I.W. Klein as Bank Teller |
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John Bentley as Bartender |
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Julie Garfield as Margo |
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Murray Moston as Boss |
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MacIntyre Dixon as Harry Stone |
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Rudolph Willrich as Tailman |
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Burt Britton as Bookseller |
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Albert M. Ottenheimer as School Principal |
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William Bogert as Parks |
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Joey Faye as Waiter |
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Marilyn Sokol as Sandy |
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John J. Slater as T.V. Director |
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Renee Paris as Girl in Hotel Lobby |
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Gino Gennaro as Stage Hand |
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Joan Porter as Myer's Wife |
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Andrew Bernstein as Alfred's Child |
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Jacob Bernstein as Alfred's Child |
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Matthew Tobin as Man at Party |
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Marilyn Persky as Man at Party's Date |
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Sam McMurray as Young Man at Party |
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Joe Jamrog as FBI Man |
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Michael Miller as FBI Man |
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Lucy Lee Flippin as Nurse |
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Jack Davidson as Congressman |
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Donald Symington as Congressman |
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Pat McNamara as Federal Marshal |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage) |
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Mamie Eisenhower as Self (archive footage) |
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Douglas MacArthur as Self (archive footage) |
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Harry S. Truman as Self (archive footage) |
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Billie Perkins as Waitress (uncredited) |
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Frankie Verroca as Hotel Bellman (uncredited) |
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Carson Grant as Eddy Waiter (uncredited) |
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Harrison Ressler as Protester (uncredited) |
| Production | Martin Ritt | Producer |
| Directing | Martin Ritt | Director |
| Editing | Ralph S. Singleton | First Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Michael Chapman | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Sidney Levin | Editor |
| Production | Robert Drumheller | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruth Morley | Costume Design |
| Production | Charles H. Joffe | Executive Producer |
| Art | Charles Bailey | Art Direction |
| Production | Robert Greenhut | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Peter R. Scoppa | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ralph S. Singleton | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Golda David | Producer's Assistant |
| Directing | B.J. Bjorkman | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Lois Kramer Hartwick | Production Office Coordinator |
| Production | Peter Burrell | Location Manager |
| Production | Christopher Cronyn | Location Manager |
| Crew | James Fanning | Transportation Captain |
| Art | Robert Drumheller | Set Decoration |
| Art | Joseph M. Caracciolo | Property Master |
| Crew | Bruno Robotti | Scenic Artist |
| Lighting | Richard Quinlan | Gaffer |
| Camera | Robert Ward | Key Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Jiras | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Philip Leto | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peggy Farrell | Wardrobe Master |
| Camera | Fred Schuler | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Tibor Sands | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Bill Johnson | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Josh Weiner | Still Photographer |
| Sound | James Sabat | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Vito L. Ilardi | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Scott MacDonough | Unit Publicist |
| Sound | John H. Newman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Else Blangsted | Music Editor |
| Editing | Hy Friedman | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | James G. Stewart | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Tom Beckert | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Wayne Artman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Beth Rudin | Production Assistant |
| Production | Patricia Crown | Production Assistant |
| Production | David Garfield | Production Assistant |
| Production | Juliet Taylor | Casting |
| Sound | Dave Grusin | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Walter Bernstein | Writer |