The Front (1976)


The Front
Release Date17 September 1976
TaglineAmerica's Most Unlikely Hero.
GenreComedy, Drama
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsNew York City, New York, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White, Color

The Front is a 1976 film drama about the Hollywood blacklist during the age of live television. It is written by Walter Bernstein, directed by Martin Ritt and stars Woody Allen and Zero Mostel.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Howard Prince

Hecky Brown

Phil Sussman

Alfred Miller

Florence Barrett

Remak Ramsay
Hennessey

Marvin Lichterman
Myer Prince

Delaney

Joshua Shelley
Sam

Norman Rose
Howard's Attorney

Committee Counselor

Committee Chairman

Danny LaGattuta

T. V. Interviewer

Scott McKay
Hampton

David Clarke
Hubert Jackson

I.W. Klein
Bank Teller

Bartender

Julie Garfield
Margo

Murray Moston
Boss

Harry Stone

Rudolph Willrich
Tailman

Burt Britton
Bookseller

Albert Ottenheimer
School Principal

William Bogert
Parks

Joey Faye
Waiter

John J. Slater
T. V. Director

Renee Paris
Girl In Hotel Lobby

Gino Gennaro
Stage Hand

Joan Porter
Myer's Wife

Andrew Bernstein
Alfred's Child

Jacob Bernstein
Alfred's Child

Matthew Tobin
Man At Party

Marilyn Persky
His Date

Young Man At Party

Joe Jamrog
F B I Man

Michael B. Miller
F B I Man

Jack Davidson
Congressman

Donald Symington
Congressman

Federal Marshal

Joseph Bergmann
Demonstrator

Carson Grant
Eddy Waiter

Stephen Hayes
Alfred's child

Lauren Simon
Train Passenger

Director

Writer

Walter Bernstein

Producer

Robert Greenhut
associate producer

Charles H. Joffe
executive producer

producer

Jack Rollins
executive producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Michael Chapman

Editor

Sidney Levin
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Casting Director

Juliet Taylor
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Art Director

Charles Bailey
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Set Decorator

Robert Drumheller
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Costume Designer

Ruth Morley
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Makeup Department

Robert Jiras
makeup artist

Philip Leto
hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Robert P. Cohen
dga trainee

Howard Himmelstein
dga trainee

Peter R. Scoppa
assistant director

Ralph S. Singleton
second assistant director

Art Department

Joseph M. Caracciolo
property master

Marjorie Kellogg
assistant art director

Bruno Robotti
master scenic artist

Sound Department

Wayne Artman
sound re-recording mixer

Tom Beckert
sound re-recording mixer

Vito L. Ilardi
boom operator

John H. Newman
sound editor

James Sabat
sound mixer

James G. Stewart
sound re-recording mixer

Roger Pietschmann
sound recordist

Visual Effects

matte effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Bill Johnson
second assistant camera

Richard Quinlan
gaffer

Tibor Sands
first assistant camera

Fred Schuler
camera operator

Robert Ward
key grip

Josh Weiner
still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Peggy Farrell
wardrober: ladies

George Newman
wardrober: men

Editorial Department

Hy Friedman
assistant editor

Bruce Pearson
color timer

Music Department

Else Blangsted
music editor

Transportation Department

James Fanning
transportation captain

Other Crew

B.J. Bjorkman
script supervisor

Peter Burrell
location manager

Christopher Cronyn
location manager

Patricia Crown
production assistant

Golda David
assistant to producer

David Garfield
production assistant

Sam Goldrich
production auditor

Lois Kramer Hartwick
production office coordinator

Scott MacDonough
unit publicist

Susan McMahon
payroll

Beth Rudin
production assistant

Dennis Kear
stand-in: Woody Allen

Production Company

Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Devon/Persky-Bright

Persky-Bright Productions
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Rollins-Joffe Productions
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Distributor

Columbia Pictures

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

LK-TEL Vídeo

Warner-Columbia Film

Miscellaneous

Cinema Research
titles

Elliot, Unger and Elliot
video services

Metrocolor
prints by

T. B. C. Productions - II
production services by






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