Fresh
It recreates the awful noise of ignorance that can still be heard.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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.
Director and cast
- Martin Ritt Director
- Andrea Marcovicci as Florenze Barrett
- Woody Allen as Howard Prince
- Zero Mostel as Hecky Brown
- Herschel Bernardi as Philip Sussman
- Michael Murphy as Alfred Miller
- Remak Ramsay as Hennessey
- Marvin Lichterman as Myer Prince
- Lloyd Gough as Delaney
- David Margulies Cast
- Joshua Shelley Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
68%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The tragedy implied by this character tells us what we need to know about the blacklist's effect on people's lives; the rest of the movie adds almost nothing else.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Ritt's direction is all sweaty close-ups and mismatched shots.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
An empty monument to the senility of American liberalism.
Time Out
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