The Front DVD, 1976

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We're so used to Woody Allen starring in his own films that seeing him here is rather odd at first. His character isn't too far removed from the Allen archetype though, including his superhuman ability to attract women very much out of his league!

Allen plays the titular front, a shop clerk and bookie who - for financial gain - passes off blacklisted TV writers work as his own. This terrible episode in 1950s America saw a great number of people in the entertainment industry tagged as Communist sympathisers and therefore unable to work.

The comedy is lightly played, used to leaven a serious story of fear, injustice and social control that feels deeply relevant today. The themes is adeptly explored here (happily without sermonising) and are given a surprising power when, in the post-film credits, you discover that the directer, writer and a key actor were all blacklisted themselves.

David Kitt on 12th November 2008

Film Information

Director - Martin Ritt

Produced - 1976

Main Language - English

Countries & Regions - American film

Cast - Woody Allen, Zero Mostel

DVD Details

Film Description

Woody Allen plays a cashier who poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through. He's apolitical and just does it to help his friends, with whom he splits the proceeds. Then he starts to see how entirely unjust the blacklist is and how it's destroying people and careers and he is pushed into taking a stand.

Related Genres

• Contemporary Comedy
• Contemporary Drama
• Comedy Drama

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