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The front / Columbia Pictures ; a Martin Ritt, Jack Rollins, Charles H. Joffe production ; a Persky-Bright/Devon feature ; written by Walter Bernstein ; produced and directed by Martin Ritt.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Ritt, Martin, 1914-1990, producer, director.
Rollins, Jack, 1915-2015, producer.
Joffe, Charles H., producer.
Bernstein, Walter, screenwriter.
Allen, Woody, 1935- actor.
Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977, actor.
Bernardi, Herschel, actor.
Murphy, Michael, 1938- actor.
Marcovicci, Andrea, actor.
Grusin, Dave, composer.
Columbia Pictures, producer.
Persky-Bright Productions, producer.
Devon Company, producer.
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm), distributor.
Language:
English
French
Japanese
Korean
Subjects (All):
Blacklisting of authors--Drama.
Blacklisting of authors.
Blacklisting of entertainers--United States--Drama.
Blacklisting of entertainers.
Bartenders--Drama.
Bartenders.
Authors--Drama.
Authors.
False personation.
United States.
False personation--Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition:
Full screen; anamorphic widescreen.
Place of Publication:
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2004]
Language Note:
In English with optional English, French, Japanese or Korean subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
System Details:
DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 2.0.
digital
optical
stereo
Dolby digital 2.0
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
Howard Price, a restaurant cashier, poses as a writer so that blacklisted authors can submit their work through him, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand when he is forced to testify at an investigative congressional committee hearing.
Participant:
Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy, Andrea Marcovicci.
Credits:
Cinematographer, Michael Chapman ; art director, Charles Bailey ; editor, Sidney Levin ; music, Dave Grusin ; costume designer, Ruth Morley.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1976.
ISBN:
0767889150
9780767889155
OCLC:
54357399
Publisher Number:
043396085701
08570 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

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