Original title: The Front
Year: 1976
Country: USA
Region code: A/B/C
Content: 4K UHD
EAN: 043396640832
Image: 1.85:1 (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision / HDR10
Audio: English
Subtitles: English SDH
Age rating: PG
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Cast: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Andrea Marcovicci, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy
Director: Martin Ritt
Synopsis:
This acclaimed comedy -- with its serious, compelling theme -- vividly brings to life one of America's most disturbing memories: the Communist witch hunts of the '50s. Woody Allen stars as Howard Prince -- a small-time restaurant cashier, part-time bookie and full-time loser -- who is induced by a writer-friend to front for the submission of his TV scripts when he is blacklisted as an Pre-order - Release date: 2026-05-19. Howard is soon fronting for other writers. He becomes a celebrity and is lionized as television's most brilliant and prolific young author. But when popular TV comic Hecky Brown (Zero Mostel) is blacklisted and his career is threatened, he agrees to keep Howard under surveillance. Howard is then summoned to appear before an investigative committee and his stand before them brings about an unexpected dramatic conclusion.
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