The Front
1976 · 95 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 9,929 VOTES · DIR. Martin Ritt
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,394 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:50 Hi, Howard.
00:07:09 Wait a minute. You'd better find out what you're getting into.
00:10:24 You know, I use the evenings to write because there's less noise.
00:13:25 - I really liked your script a lot. - Oh, yeah? Thank you very much.
00:16:40 I'll see what I can do.
00:20:25 He's very nice.
00:23:47 Money goes through you like Epsom salts.
00:26:56 Anyone reads the returns connects him with us.
00:30:15 - I'm embarrassing you. - No. Do you...? I'm serious.
00:36:47 Quiet, children. Quiet.
00:40:10 You marched in a May Day Parade.
00:43:55 I've been a hypocrite to take their money and keep my mouth shut.
00:46:53 ...confusing the artist with the man.
00:50:21 But I'm still Hecky Brown.
00:54:52 It's all Brownstein's fault.
00:59:11 Not that they are, the actors.
01:02:58 Is that such a big difference? We have to break up over that?
01:06:36 You're cooperating. That's all they care about.
01:10:06 I tell them you're my friend from school.
01:13:14 You know, I never learned how to sip a drink.
01:21:06 Well, suppose I said that I was not a writer.
01:24:19 Are you gonna tell them you're not a writer?
01:27:28 Why isn't everybody armed? Everybody should learn to use a gun.
04:00:02 number six, Stepchild...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,394
Dialogue density14.7 lines / min
First line00:03:50
Final line04:00:02
Production Record
DirectorMartin Ritt
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes9,929