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.
| Production | Robert Drumheller | Production Manager |
| Directing | Martin Ritt | Director |
| Editing | Ralph S. Singleton | First Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruth Morley | Costume Design |
| Production | Martin Ritt | Producer |
| Writing | Walter Bernstein | Screenplay |
| Camera | Michael Chapman | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Sidney Levin | Editor |
| Art | Robert Drumheller | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Peter R. Scoppa | Assistant Director |
| Production | Golda David | Producer's Assistant |
| Camera | Robert Ward | Key Grip |
| Crew | Bruno Robotti | Scenic Artist |
| Production | Lois Kramer Hartwick | Production Office Coordinator |
| Production | Peter Burrell | Location Manager |
| Art | Charles Bailey | Art Direction |
| Directing | B.J. Bjorkman | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Jiras | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Philip Leto | Hairstylist |
| Crew | James Fanning | Transportation Captain |
| Production | Christopher Cronyn | Location Manager |
| Production | Charles H. Joffe | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert Greenhut | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peggy Farrell | Wardrobe Master |
| Sound | James G. Stewart | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Beth Rudin | Production Assistant |
| Sound | John H. Newman | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Josh Weiner | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Hy Friedman | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Wayne Artman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | David Garfield | Production Assistant |
| Camera | Bill Johnson | Second Assistant Camera |
| Production | Juliet Taylor | Casting |
| Sound | Tom Beckert | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Scott MacDonough | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Patricia Crown | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Else Blangsted | Music Editor |
| Art | Joseph M. Caracciolo | Property Master |
| Lighting | Richard Quinlan | Gaffer |
| Camera | Fred Schuler | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Ralph S. Singleton | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Tibor Sands | First Assistant Camera |
| Sound | James Sabat | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Vito L. Ilardi | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Dave Grusin | Original Music Composer |
