When a blacklist locks his friends out of work, a small-time bookie must pass off their scripts as his own.

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When Hollywood’s blacklist locks his writer friends out of work, in a world where naming names buys survival, a small-time bookie posing as a screenwriter must overcome his own moral drift to keep passing off his friends’ scripts as his, before the risk of exposure forces him to take a stand he never wanted.

Film: The Front · Writer(s): Walter Bernstein · Director: Martin Ritt · Year: 1976