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    Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director, producer, and actor, active in film, theatre and television. He was known mainly...
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    Hud (1963 film) (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    Douglas, Brandon deWilde, and Patricia Neal. Directed by Martin Ritt, it was produced by Ritt and Newman's recently founded company, Salem Productions...
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  • The Long, Hot Summer (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, and Orson Welles. It was directed by Martin Ritt, with a screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr., based in...
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  • selected as one of the All-Time 100 Novels by Time magazine. In 1965, Martin Ritt directed a cinematic adaptation, with Richard Burton as Leamas. Characters...
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  • (1817–1898), French theatermaker Joseph Ritt (1893–1951), American mathematician at Columbia University Martin Ritt (1914–1990), American director, actor...
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  • Murphy's Romance (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    Murphy's Romance is a 1985 American romantic-comedy film directed by Martin Ritt. The screenplay by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch was based on...
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  • Hombre (film) (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    (Spanish for 'man') is a 1967 American revisionist Western film directed by Martin Ritt, based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard and starring...
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  • The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (film) (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    stars Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, and Oskar Werner. It was directed by Martin Ritt, and the screenplay was written by Paul Dehn and Guy Trosper. The film...
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  • Norma Rae (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt from a screenplay written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. The film is based on...
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    Edge of the City (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    Edge of the City is a 1957 American film-noir drama film directed by Martin Ritt in his directorial debut, and starring John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier...
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  • Huston Randy Quaid as Moose Granger Cleavant Derricks as Manny Alvarado Martin Ritt as Burly DeVito Lisa Langlois as Aline Cooper Loudon Wainwright III as...
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  • same name by William Faulkner (the previous adaptation, directed by Martin Ritt, was released in 1959). The film was released in a limited release and...
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  • Back Roads (1981 film) (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    comedy film starring Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. It is directed by Martin Ritt. It got middling reviews and grossed $11 million at the box office. This...
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    Martin Melcher (August 1, 1915 – April 20, 1968) was an American motion picture and music executive. He was married to popular singer and actress Doris...
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  • The Outrage (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    The Outrage is a 1964 American Western film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Edward G. Robinson and William...
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  • Stanley & Iris (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    Stanley & Iris is a 1990 American romantic drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro. The screenplay by Harriet Frank...
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  • Cross Creek (film) (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    The Yearling author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. The film is directed by Martin Ritt and is based in part on Rawlings's 1942 memoir Cross Creek. In 1928 in...
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    of Two Mondays which ran for 149 performances under the direction of Martin Ritt. Heflin had an excellent part in 3:10 to Yuma (1957) with Glenn Ford...
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  • The Sound and the Fury (1959 film) (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    The Sound and the Fury is a 1959 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt. It is loosely based on the 1929 novel of the same title by William Faulkner...
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  • Sounder (film) (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    Sounder is a 1972 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt and adapted by Lonne Elder III from the 1969 novel of the same name by William H. Armstrong...
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    The Molly Maguires (film) (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    Molly Maguires is a 1970 American historical drama film directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sean Connery and Richard Harris. It is based on the 1964 book...
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    and Suspense. He returned to Broadway in The Man (1950), directed by Martin Ritt, with Dorothy Gish; it ran for 92 performances. Elia Kazan used Boone...
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  • Nuts (1987 film) (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    Nuts is a 1987 American legal drama film directed by Martin Ritt, starring Barbra Streisand and Richard Dreyfuss. The screenplay by Tom Topor, Darryl...
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    and Peace Samuel Reber, diplomat Al Richmond, union organizer, editor Martin Ritt, actor and director Paul Robeson, actor, athlete, singer, writer, political...
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  • director Martin Ritt, and planned to star Matthew Broderick and Sally Field in the lead roles. Production was shut down two weeks in as Ritt suffered...
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  • The Brotherhood (1968 film) (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    The Brotherhood is a 1968 Technicolor mafia crime film, directed by Martin Ritt. It stars Kirk Douglas, Irene Papas, Alex Cord, and Luther Adler. The...
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    she scored and performed (with David Sanborn) the soundtrack to the Martin Ritt-directed movie Murphy's Romance. The soundtrack, again produced by Adler...
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  • The Black Orchid (film) (category Films directed by Martin Ritt)
    The Black Orchid is a 1959 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn. Supporting actors include Peter Mark...
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    Achievement in Motion Pictures 1968 The Brotherhood Bryna Productions / Martin Ritt Productions / The Brotherhood Company Paramount Pictures Nominated—Writers...
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  • John Frankenheimer Productions Les Films de la Pléiade Ludgate Films Martin Ritt Productions The Mirisch Corporation Oceania Produzioni Internazionali...
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