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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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  • (1817–1898), French theatermaker Joseph Ritt (1893–1951), American mathematician at Columbia University Martin Ritt (1914–1990), American director, actor...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    prominent directors, like John Huston, James L. Brooks, James Ivory, Martin Ritt and William Friedkin. Three of his films in the 1980's - The Verdict...
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    developing his own Spartacus film, tentatively titled The Gladiators. Martin Ritt was set to direct, and he was incensed after learning about Douglas's...
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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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    Mark Ritts (June 16, 1946 – December 7, 2009) was an American actor, puppeteer, television producer and director, and author. Ritts also produced and directed...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Pete 'n' Tillie Martin Ritt Universal Pictures Credited as John T. Williams Images Robert Altman...
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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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  • 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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  • directed by Maximilian Schell, and starring Jon Voight, Jacqueline Bisset, Martin Ritt and Robert Shaw. Co-written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, the film is an adaptation...
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    billing in No Down Payment (1957), directed by Martin Ritt and produced by Jerry Wald. She was re-united with Ritt on another Faulkner adaptation, The Sound...
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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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  • 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 by William H. Armstrong. The story concerns...
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  • Press. p. 125. ISBN 0-240-80384-1. Miller, Gabriel (2000). The Films of Martin Ritt: Fanfare for the Common Man. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi...
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