Plot
In the early 1950s Howard Prince, who works in a restaurant, helps out a black-listed writer friend by selling a TV station a script under his own name. The money is useful in paying off gambling debts, so he takes on three more such clients. Howard is politically pretty innocent, but involvement with Florence - who quits TV in disgust over things - and friendship with the show's ex-star - now himself blacklisted - make him start to think about what is really going on.
Written by
Walter Bernstein
Directed by
Martin Ritt
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Rollins-Joffe Productions, Devon/Persky-Bright, Persky-Bright Productions, Columbia Pictures
Languages
English
Awards
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total
Scores
# of Votes
9,929
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA