The Front

The Front is a 1976 film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Woody Allen and Zero Mostel. The film presented one perspective of the United States motion picture industry in the days of McCarthyism when many actors were blacklisted for their supposed "subversive" activities following an investigation by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. The screenplay was written by Walter Bernstein, himself a victim of the Hollywood blacklist.

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In the film, Woody Allen plays a small-time bookie who lends his name to the writings of his blacklisted friend, a tactic used by several of the Hollywood Ten. Possibly to protect itself, the film concerned blacklisting in the television industry rather than the movies; surprising since the credits listed half-a-dozen Hollywood artists who had suffered through the blacklist.

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Walter Bernstein was nominated for the 1977 Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay and Zero Mostel was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Martin Ritt: Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914–December 8, 1990) was an American director, actor, and playwright who worked in both film and theatre. He was born in New York City....

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