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The Front (1976) [PG]

Release Date:
September 17, 1976

Original Title:
The Front

Alternate Titles:
El prestanombres
El testaferro
Il Prestanome
La tapadera
The Front

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Devon/Persky-Bright
Persky-Bright Productions
Rollins-Joffe Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
ES: TP  HU: 18  IE: 12  JP: G  US: PG 

Runtime: 95

America's most unlikely hero.

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A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

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Production

Art Direction:
Charles Bailey

Assistant Director:
Peter R. Scoppa

Assistant Editor:
Hy Friedman

Associate Producer:
Robert Greenhut

Boom Operator:
Vito L. Ilardi

Camera Operator:
Fred Schuler

Casting:
Juliet Taylor

Costume Design:
Ruth Morley

Director:
Martin Ritt

Director of Photography:
Michael Chapman

Editor:
Sidney Levin

Executive Producer:
Charles H. Joffe

First Assistant Camera:
Tibor Sands

First Assistant Editor:
Ralph S. Singleton

Gaffer:
Richard Quinlan

Hairstylist:
Philip Leto

Key Grip:
Robert Ward

Location Manager:
Peter Burrell
Christopher Cronyn

Makeup Artist:
Robert Jiras

Music Editor:
Else Blangsted

Original Music Composer:
Dave Grusin

Producer:
Martin Ritt

Producer's Assistant:
Golda David

Production Assistant:
Patricia Crown
Beth Rudin
David Garfield

Production Manager:
Robert Drumheller

Production Office Coordinator:
Lois Kramer Hartwick

Property Master:
Joseph M. Caracciolo

Scenic Artist:
Bruno Robotti

Screenplay:
Walter Bernstein

Script Supervisor:
B.J. Bjorkman

Second Assistant Camera:
Bill Johnson

Second Assistant Director:
Ralph S. Singleton

Set Decoration:
Robert Drumheller

Sound Editor:
John H. Newman

Sound Mixer:
James Sabat

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tom Beckert
Wayne Artman
James G. Stewart

Still Photographer:
Josh Weiner

Transportation Captain:
James Fanning

Unit Publicist:
Scott MacDonough

Wardrobe Master:
Peggy Farrell

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