1950. Hollywood is in de greep van de anticommunistische heksenjacht van McCarthy. Howard Prince is kassier in een tijdloos restaurantje en verder deeltijds bookmaker en voltijds mislukkeling. Op een dag biedt de door de communistenjagers gewraakte schrijver Alfred Miller hem 10 % van zijn gage op voorwaarde dat Prince hem zijn naam leent voor zijn nieuwste televisiescenario.
Nee, helaas is The Front nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Editing | Sidney Levin | Editor |
| Directing | Martin Ritt | Director |
| Camera | Michael Chapman | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Walter Bernstein | Screenplay |
| Production | Martin Ritt | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruth Morley | Costume Design |
| Production | Robert Drumheller | Production Manager |
| Editing | Ralph S. Singleton | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Dave Grusin | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Charles H. Joffe | Executive Producer |
| Art | Charles Bailey | Art Direction |
| Production | Robert Greenhut | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Peter R. Scoppa | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ralph S. Singleton | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Golda David | Producer's Assistant |
| Directing | B.J. Bjorkman | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Lois Kramer Hartwick | Production Office Coordinator |
| Production | Peter Burrell | Location Manager |
| Production | Christopher Cronyn | Location Manager |
| Crew | James Fanning | Transportation Captain |
| Art | Robert Drumheller | Set Decoration |
| Art | Joseph M. Caracciolo | Property Master |
| Crew | Bruno Robotti | Scenic Artist |
| Lighting | Richard Quinlan | Gaffer |
| Camera | Robert Ward | Key Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Jiras | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Philip Leto | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peggy Farrell | Wardrobe Master |
| Camera | Fred Schuler | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Tibor Sands | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Bill Johnson | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Josh Weiner | Still Photographer |
| Sound | James Sabat | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Vito L. Ilardi | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Scott MacDonough | Unit Publicist |
| Sound | John H. Newman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Else Blangsted | Music Editor |
| Editing | Hy Friedman | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | James G. Stewart | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Tom Beckert | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Wayne Artman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Beth Rudin | Production Assistant |
| Production | Patricia Crown | Production Assistant |
| Production | David Garfield | Production Assistant |
| Production | Juliet Taylor | Casting |
